[HTML][HTML] Manufacturing, characteristics and applications of auxetic foams: A state-of-the-art review

W Jiang, X Ren, SL Wang, XG Zhang, XY Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Auxetic foams counter-intuitively expand (shrink) under stretching (compression). These
foams can exhibit superior mechanical properties such as resistance to shear and …

Novel hybrid 3D-printed auxetic vascular stent based on re-entrant and meta-trichiral unit cells: finite element simulation with experimental verifications

M Abbaslou, R Hashemi, E Etemadi - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel re-entrant meta-trichiral auxetic (RMCA) vascular stent with improved
mechanical properties was designed by combining three auxetic unit cells: re-entrant …

[HTML][HTML] In-plane energy absorption characteristics and mechanical properties of 3D printed novel hybrid cellular structures

MS Ebrahimi, R Hashemi, E Etemadi - journal of materials research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper developed and fabricated four novel hybrid metamaterial structures by combining
honeycomb, re-entrant, and star-shaped unit-cells by additive manufacturing (AM) …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionary auxetic intravascular medical stents for angioplasty applications

MS Ebrahimi, M Noruzi, R Hamzehei, E Etemadi… - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the significant mortality rate associated with atherosclerosis-induced cardiovascular
disease, the utilization of advanced intravascular stents with superior mechanical …

Blast response and multi-objective optimization of graded re-entrant circular auxetic cored sandwich panels

F Jiang, S Yang, C Qi, HT Liu, A Remennikov… - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Explosion threat has a devastating impact on buildings, warships, vehicles and human lives,
which puts forward urgent requirements for the development of explosion protection …

Sensors based on auxetic materials and structures: A review

S Dong, H Hu - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Auxetic materials exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio under tension or compression, and such
counter-intuitive behavior leads to enhanced mechanical properties such as shear …

Experimental, numerical, and theoretical crushing behaviour of an innovative auxetic structure fabricated through 3D printing

RP Bohara, S Linforth, HT Thai, T Nguyen… - Thin-Walled …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate the crushing behaviour and protective performance of an
innovative auxetic structure, named the hourglass structure (HGS), under in-plane …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterisation of novel three-dimensional axisymmetric chiral auxetic structures

N Novak, A Mauko, M Ulbin, L Krstulović-Opara… - journal of materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Novel three-dimensional (3D) axisymmetric chiral structures with negative and zero
Poisson's ratios are presented based on the existing 3D conventional chiral unit cell. The …

Effect of Poisson's ratio on the indentation of open cell foam

O Duncan, L Foster, T Allen, A Alderson - European Journal of Mechanics-A …, 2023 - Elsevier
We tested whether conventional and auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) foam indentation
response fits with classical indentation theory. We first made foam cubes with 20–25 mm …

Enhanced mechanical properties of re-entrant auxetic honeycomb with self-similar inclusion

Z Chen, J Li, B Wu, X Chen, YM Xie - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
A new auxetic honeycomb configuration is proposed by adding self-similar inclusion to the
conventional re-entrant hexagonal structure. Theoretical models of the elastic mechanical …