On the fracture statistics of open-porous alumina foam structures

•The impacts of the specimen height to width ratio and loading rate on the strength of alumina foam structures were shown.•For repeatable bending measurements, specimens of a low height to width ratio (< 0.5) were found to performed best.•The Normal distribution yielded a suitable representation of scale and scatter of the strength of alumina foam structures.•A standard Weibull analysis stood behind the Normal distribution analysis.