Modeling of Compression Curves of Flexible Polyurethane Foam with Variable Density, Chemical Formulations and Strain Rates

Subject Areas : Engineering

M.F Alzoubi ¹ , S Al-Hallaj ² , M Abu-Ayyad ³

1 - Director of Research & Development, All Cell Technologies LLC, Chicago
2 - Director of Research & Development, All Cell Technologies LLC, Chicago
3 - ME Department, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown

Received: 2013-11-09 Accepted : 2014-01-24 Published : 2014-03-30

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