J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (8): 730-736.

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Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Properties of Sintered and Bonded Perforated Hollow Sphere Structures (PHSS)

Andreas Öchsner1,3), Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini1),  Markus Merkel2)   

  1. 1) Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Malaysia
    2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Aalen, 73430 Aalen, Germany
    3) Centre for Mass and Mechanical Transport in Engineering Materials, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
  • Received:2009-03-18 Revised:2010-01-05 Online:2010-08-28 Published:2010-08-23
  • Contact: Andreas ?chsner

Abstract:

This paper investigated the uniaxial mechanical properties of a new type of hollow sphere structures. For this new type, the sphere shell was perforated by several holes in order to open the inner sphere volume and surface. The mechanical properties, i.e. elastic properties and initial yield stress of perforated hollow sphere structures (PHSS) in a primitive cubic arrangement were numerically evaluated for different hole diameters and different joining techniques of the hollow spheres. The results are compared to  classical configurations without perforation.

Key words: Mechanical properties, Cellular material, Porous structure, Finite element method