Response of porous beryllium to static and dynamic loading

The effectiveness of porous materials in attenuating stress pulses and in reducing the thermomechanical stresses arising from rapid energy deposition has been the subject of numerous studies during the past decade. Because of the large number of manufacturing parameters (composition, porosity, pore size, heat treatment, etc.) available to the developers of porous materials, extensive tailoring of properties to meet widely varying requirements is practical, and the materials manufactured and the studies to date now number in the dozens.