Porous Metals And Metallic Foams

10th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam 2017) Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 10th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam 2017), September 14-17, 2017, Nanjing, China

Explains ways to design and process metallic foams, including many non-aluminum foams. This book illustrates the numerous industry applications where metallic foams and porous metals are being implemented.

This book offers the first full-scale technical treatment of an important class of engineered porous materials: metal foams. Written by a team of metal foam experts from around the world, the volume offers new, as well as fundamental, information on all aspects of metal foams, including their theory, manufacture, structure-property relationships and applications. The book explains microscopy and modeling tools that enhance the prediction and determination of metal foam properties related to fluid flow, heat transfer, sound absorption and failure analysis. Attention is given to the many techniques for manufacturing and testing metal foams and to how their microstructure can be controlled to create custom properties for applications in acoustics, bone implants, heat sinks, lightweighting and crash protection. The text is sufficiently detailed to offer guidance to design and development engineers, and yet is basic enough to be used as a textbook or reference by students of materials science, mechanical, structural or chemical engineering requiring an introduction to the subject.

The book focuses on the production methods, properties and applications of functional and lightweight porous/cellular metallic materials. Topics covered include surface emissivity, stainless steel composite metal foam, solid-state welding, thermal conductivity of steel-steel composite metal foam, computational modeling, custom design, geometrical groperties of open-celled metal foams, aluminum foams with in situ composite particles, and metal structures in cooling systems. Keywords: Cellular Metals, Composite Metal Foam, Computational Modeling, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, Energy Absorption, Metal Foam, Metal Matrix Composite, Open Cellular Structures, Power Electronics, Solid-State Welding, Surface Emissivity, Thermal Insulation, Torch Fire.

The book focuses on the production methods, properties and applications of functional and lightweight porous/cellular metallic materials. Topics covered include surface emissivity, stainless steel composite metal foam, solid-state welding, thermal conductivity of steel-steel composite metal foam, computational modeling, custom design, geometrical groperties of open-celled metal foams, aluminum foams with in situ composite particles, and metal structures in cooling systems. Keywords: Cellular Metals, Composite Metal Foam, Computational Modeling, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, Energy Absorption, Metal Foam, Metal Matrix Composite, Open Cellular Structures, Power Electronics, Solid-State Welding, Surface Emissivity, Thermal Insulation, Torch Fire.

The purpose of MetFoam conference series is to provide a state-of-the-art review on lightweight porous metals and metallic foams and a forum for discussions and networking opportunities for scientists working in this field. Topics included in this volume include the following: • Fabrication by conventional and novel methods including additive manufacturing • Characterization • Properties of compressed and uncompressed foam • Design of porous metals, metallic foams, and lattice structures• Fluid, heat, and mass transfer • Porous biomaterials• Nanoporous metals• Industrial applications of porous metals and metallic foams

The primary focus of this book, accordingly, is to provide insight into the fundamentals, applications, manufacturing aspects and properties (mechanical, thermal, electrical etc.) of metal foams. Their potential applications in various small- as well as large-scale industries are highlighted. The present book also focuses on aspects of designing simple structures by taking into account loading conditions under tensile, compressive or torsional stress for metals and their foams. In view of theoretical analysis, clear explanation is provided as how metal foams can exhibit better structural properties when compared to their parent metal. It is hoped that the present book, in view of significant application potential of metal foams in near future, will be extremely useful to students and academicians in tertiary institutes and researchers working in research labs who are attempting to find lightweight solutions.