...Tom Zhang; Y. Lawrence Yao Metal foam is an excellent lightweight material with promising industrial applications. Laser forming has been studied and shown to be a viable non-contact method to shape metal foam panels into desired geometry without fracturing the foam’s cellular structure. However...

...Tom Zhang; Yubin Liu; Nathan Ashmore; Wayne Li; Y. Lawrence Yao Metal foam is light in weight and exhibits an excellent impact-absorbing capability. Laser forming has emerged as a promising process in shaping metal foam plates into desired geometry. While the feasibility and shaping mechanism has...

...Tizian Bucher; Connor Finn; Ravi Verma; Wayne Li; Y. Lawrence Yao Metal foam sandwich panels have been the subject of many concept studies, due to their exceptional stiffness, light weight, and crash absorption capacity. Yet, the industrial production of the material has been hampered by the fact...

...Tizian Bucher; Min Zhang; Chang Jun Chen; Ravi Verma; Wayne Li; Y. Lawrence Yao Sandwich panels with metal foam cores have a tremendous potential in various industrial applications due to their outstanding strength-to-weight ratio, stiffness, and shock absorption capacity. A recent study paved...

...Matteo Strano The combination of thin metal cases or tubes with a filling made of metal foams is interesting and promising for many applications in mechanical engineering. Components made of an outer hollow thin compact metal structure and a cellular lightweight core are especially suited to energy...