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In-plane elastic properties of a novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb with zigzag inclined ligaments
Highlights A novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial with zigzag inclined ligaments is proposed. The proposed metamaterial can be conveniently fabricated by low-cost traditional manufacturing。 Theoretical formulae for the effective elastic constants of the proposed metamaterial are developed. The proposed metamaterial possesses tailorable mechanical properties.
Abstract Conventional two-dimensional (2D) re-entrant auxetic honeycomb is one of the earliest examples of auxetic metamaterials. Recently, plenty of 2D re-entrant honeycomb variants are developed to enhance their stiffness. However, the stiffness enhancement for most of the existing designs is generally obtained with compromising the conjugated auxeticity. Moreover, most of the existing designs are hard to be fabricated by low-cost traditional manufacturing technology due to their complex architectures. The present work aims to enhance the stiffness without compromising the conjugated auxeticity, and yet retains its convenience and low-cost for fabrication. By introducing zigzag inclined ligaments, a novel 2D re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial is firstly proposed. Based on Castigliano’s second theorem, a theoretical model of the proposed design is established to facilitate the understanding of the underlying microstructural mechanisms. The obtained analytical solutions, as validated by systematic finite element (FE) analyses, elucidate different roles of the microstructural geometry on the effective mechanical properties of the proposed re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial. Compared with the conventional re-entrant auxetic honeycomb, which is a particular case of the present design, both the stiffness and the auxeticity along specific principal directions of the present design are improved remarkably.
In-plane elastic properties of a novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb with zigzag inclined ligaments
Highlights A novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial with zigzag inclined ligaments is proposed. The proposed metamaterial can be conveniently fabricated by low-cost traditional manufacturing。 Theoretical formulae for the effective elastic constants of the proposed metamaterial are developed. The proposed metamaterial possesses tailorable mechanical properties.
Abstract Conventional two-dimensional (2D) re-entrant auxetic honeycomb is one of the earliest examples of auxetic metamaterials. Recently, plenty of 2D re-entrant honeycomb variants are developed to enhance their stiffness. However, the stiffness enhancement for most of the existing designs is generally obtained with compromising the conjugated auxeticity. Moreover, most of the existing designs are hard to be fabricated by low-cost traditional manufacturing technology due to their complex architectures. The present work aims to enhance the stiffness without compromising the conjugated auxeticity, and yet retains its convenience and low-cost for fabrication. By introducing zigzag inclined ligaments, a novel 2D re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial is firstly proposed. Based on Castigliano’s second theorem, a theoretical model of the proposed design is established to facilitate the understanding of the underlying microstructural mechanisms. The obtained analytical solutions, as validated by systematic finite element (FE) analyses, elucidate different roles of the microstructural geometry on the effective mechanical properties of the proposed re-entrant auxetic honeycomb metamaterial. Compared with the conventional re-entrant auxetic honeycomb, which is a particular case of the present design, both the stiffness and the auxeticity along specific principal directions of the present design are improved remarkably.
In-plane elastic properties of a novel re-entrant auxetic honeycomb with zigzag inclined ligaments
Zhu, Yilin (author) / Luo, Yi (author) / Gao, Defeng (author) / Yu, Chao (author) / Ren, Xin (author) / Zhang, Chuanzeng (author)
Engineering Structures ; 268
2022-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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