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Cost Estimation and the Vialibity of Metal Foams
Author(s) -
Maine E.,
Ashby M. F.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1527-2648(200004)2:4<205::aid-adem205>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - ranking (information retrieval) , materials science , process engineering , cost estimate , function (biology) , biochemical engineering , metal foam , metal , forensic engineering , computer science , metallurgy , engineering , systems engineering , evolutionary biology , machine learning , biology
At present all metal foams are produced in small quantities using time and labor‐intensive methods, and all, relative to the solid metals from which they derive, are expensive. Thus, one may ask if metal foams are viable. By viable a favorable balance between performance and cost is meant. Viability is assessed by constructing a value function which includes measures of both performance and cost. It allows ranking of materials by both economic and technical criteria. The authors describe progress in constructing and using cost models for two of the processes by which metal foams are made, and describe their method for assessing the viability of a new material.