10. Design

10.1 The benefits of foams

Thanks to their honeycomb structure, metal foams - whether regular or stochastic, open or closed - are of great interest to designers, who appreciate their wide range of creative possibilities.

It is a composite with multiple possibilities linked to its structure, whose final appearance depends on :

type of material, color, finish (rough, brushed, polished, anodized, etc.);
cell structure, size, shape, regularity, orientation in relation to visible external surfaces ;
the density of the foam and the corresponding impression of lightness it can confer;
the nature of the second component: in the case...

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Bibliography

(1) - ASHBY (M.F.), EVANS (A.G.), FLECK (N.A.), GIBSON (L.J.), HUTCHINSON (J.W.), WADLEY (H.N.G.) - Metal foams : a design guide - Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann (2000).
(2) - BANHART (J.) - Manufacture, characterisation and application of cellular metals...