Large deformation and energy absorption of additively manufactured auxetic materials and structures: A review

J Zhang, G Lu, Z You - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Different from conventional materials, materials with negative Poisson's ratios expand
laterally when stretched longitudinally. Known as 'auxetic'materials, the effect means they …

Current trends in additively manufactured (3D printed) energy absorbing structures for crashworthiness application–a review

CW Isaac, F Duddeck - Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Inspired by the vast amounts of investigations carried out on three-dimensional (3D) printed
structures and their recent accelerated developments, the present review paper …

Design and mechanical characteristics of auxetic metamaterial with tunable stiffness

X Cheng, Y Zhang, X Ren, D Han, W Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Auxetic materials are a class of mechanical metamaterials. They exhibit lateral expansion
under tension, and lateral contraction under compression. Such metamaterials have …

Mechanical properties of aluminum foam filled re-entrant honeycomb with uniform and gradient designs

HH Xu, HC Luo, XG Zhang, W Jiang, XC Teng… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Auxetic materials have been widely studied in recent years due to their excellent mechanical
properties and special deformation modes. However, the application of auxetic materials in …

On the application of additive manufacturing methods for auxetic structures: a review

A Joseph, V Mahesh, D Harursampath - Advances in Manufacturing, 2021 - Springer
Auxetic structures are a special class of structural components that exhibit a negative
Poisson's ratio (NPR) because of their constituent materials, internal microstructure, or …

Improved mechanical characteristics of new auxetic structures based on stretch-dominated-mechanism deformation under compressive and tensile loadings

E Etemadi, M Gholikord, M Zeeshan, H Hu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to develop two novel in-plane auxetic structures with remarkable
stiffness and negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) appropriate for compression and tensile load …

Structure design and mechanical properties of a novel anti-collision system with negative Poisson's ratio core

Z Song, H Liang, H Ding, M Ma - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel three-dimensional double-arrow structures with negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) based
on the concept of hexagonal crystal system are proposed to enhance the energy absorption …

3D printed auxetic nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 sample collection

A Arjunan, S Zahid, A Baroutaji, J Robinson - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in worldwide shortages of nasopharyngeal swabs
required for sample collection. While the shortages are becoming acute due to supply chain …

Morning glory-inspired lattice structure with negative Poisson's ratio effect

Q Li, L Zhan, X Miao, L Hu, E Li, T Zou - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Negative Poisson's ratio (NR) structures have compression-contraction properties. Many
studies have focused on the NR effect of artificially designed microstructures, but very few …

Dynamic crushing of tailored honeycombs realized via additive manufacturing

J Schneider, A Schiffer, F Hafeez, S Kumar - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhancing the energy absorption characteristics of a material/structure without
compromising its strength and stiffness has been a longstanding challenge in the pursuit of …