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Properties of Syntactic Foam for Simulation of Mechanical Insults

Hubbard, Neal B.; Haulenbeek, Kimberly K.; Spletzer, Matthew A.; Ortiz, Lyndsy O.

Syntactic foam encapsulation protects sensitive components. The energy mitigated by the foam is calculated with numerical simulations. The properties of a syntactic foam consisting of a mixture of an epoxy-rubber adduct and glass microballoons are obtained from published literature and test results. The conditions and outcomes of the tests are discussed. The method for converting published properties and test results to input for finite element models is described. Simulations of the test conditions are performed to validate the inputs.

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