Intro
Preface
Contents
Part I Design of Porous Metals
1 Design of Energy-Absorbing Materials for Space Crafts Based on Voronoi Diagrams
Part II Fabrication
2 Sonication for the Porosity Gradation of Foams Meets Replica Templating: A Hybrid Manufacturing Process for Lightweight Multifunctional Structures
3 Development of Rotational Incremental Hammering Process for Porous Metals
Part III Characterization
4 Decomposition of Ti and Zr Hydrides Studied by Neutron Diffraction

5 Microstructural Effects on Compressive Behavior and Deformation Band Propagation in Open-Pore Metal Foams
6 Mechanical Characterization of Hyper-cubic Models Created with Direct Metal Laser Sintering Method
7 Study on Deformation of Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam in Different Solid-Liquid-Gas Coexisting States
8 Study on the Mechanical Properties of Composite Metal Foam Core Sandwich Panels
Part IV Syntactic Foams
9 Design and Fabrication of Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams by Low-Pressure Injection Molding

10 The Deformation of Expanded Clay Syntactic Foams During Compression Characterized by Acoustic Emission
11 Compression Behavior of Low-Pressure Cast AMC Syntactic Foams with High Porosity
12 Preparation and Quasi-static Compression Behavior of Steel Matrix Syntactic Foams
Part V Industrial Applications
13 Metal Foams with Ceramic Inserts for Security Applications
14 The Challenge of Open Cellular Metal Foam Production
Part VI Metal Foams in Thermal Systems
15 Investigation of Heat Transfer Performance of PCM/Copper Foam Composite Heat Sink for Electronic Devices

16 Cooling of PEM Fuel Cell Stacks Using Open-Cell Metal Foam
17 Cylinder-Pack Modeling of Open-Cell Metal Foam for Flow and Heat Transfer
18 Influence of Metal Foam Insert Within a Methanol Steam Reformer
19 Open Porous Metal Fiber Structures for the Next Generation of Sorption-Driven Heat Pumps and Cooling Machines
Author Index
Subject Index