Application of Metallic Foam

Enginee hood

Car crash absorber

Aerospace application

Heat exchanger

Heat exchanger

Metal foam for building construction

Sources

• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926860X05008707

• http://www.metalconstructionnews.com• http://materialsknowledge.org/docs/Banhart-

talk2.pdf• http://www.ifam.fraunhofer.de/en/Dresden/E

nergy_and_thermal_management/leistungen_und_methoden.html

Additional slides• Some sample applications are:• Lightweight components. Achieve Lightweight Designs without

reducing mechanical strength by using the Selective Space Structures concept.

• Directed load path. Forces applied to the part can be diverted by structures. This opens the possibility to make use of innovative or integral designs.

• Load absorbing structures. The Safety Crash Absorber, able to decisively reroute forces to structures with high energy absorbtion.

• Metal foam with designed properties for high temperature applications.

• Joints and inserts for Composites Applications for composite parts in carbon fiber.