Three Decades of Auxetics Research − Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratio: A Review

• Published in: Advanced engineering materials Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 1847 - 1870
• Main Authors: Saxena, Krishna Kumar, Das, Raj, Calius, Emilio P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Automotive components; Auxetic materials; Design engineering; Indentation; Mechanical properties; Modelling; Poissons ratio; Smart structures

Material properties can be tailored through modification of their geometry or architecture. With this concept, a lot of smart materials, metamaterials, and smart structures have been developed. Auxetic materials and structures are a novel class of materials which exhibit an interesting property of n...