Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties

by Lorna J. Gibson, Michael Ashby, Michael F. Ashby

Book Overview

Cellular solids include engineering honeycombs and foams (which can now be made from polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites) as well as natural materials, such as wood, cork, and cancellous bone. This new edition of a classic work details current understanding of the structure and mechanical behavior of cellular materials, and the ways in which they can be exploited in engineering design. Gibson and Ashby have brought the book completely up to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521499119
• ISBN13: 9780521499118
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 9.3"