Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures
The present article is an exploration of metamaterial structures exhibiting auxetic properties. The study shows the effect of three geometric parameters of re-entrant auxetic cells, namely, the internal initial cell angle (θ<sub>0</sub>), the strut length ratio h/l, and the degree of ope...
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| description | The present article is an exploration of metamaterial structures exhibiting auxetic properties. The study shows the effect of three geometric parameters of re-entrant auxetic cells, namely, the internal initial cell angle (θ<sub>0</sub>), the strut length ratio h/l, and the degree of opening of the unit cells expressed by the change in the Δθ angle, on the value of the Poisson’s ratio. It combines theoretical insights into physical re-entrant auxetic structures with the demonstration of structures that can be subjected to cyclic loading without being damaged. The experimental section features the results of the compression tests of a symmetrical structure made up of four re-entrant cells and tensile tests of a flat mesh structure of size 4 × 4. In the mesh structure, a modification was applied to the re-entrant cells, creating arched strut connections. It was shown that the value of the maximum load for such structures depends on the bending angle and the length of the inclined strut. The mesh structure was created using torsion springs. Its cyclic tension for different amplitudes yielded Poisson’s ratio values in the range of −1.4 to −1.7. These modifications have enabled stable, elastic, and failure-free cyclical changes of the structure’s dimensions under load. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7246a6134844b48a472490fcfca3b4d2025-08-20T02:48:06ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012024-11-011411127210.3390/met14111272Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant StructuresJulian Plewa0Małgorzata Płońska1Grzegorz Junak2Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty Str., 41-500 Chorzów, PolandFaculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Silesia in Katowice, 75 Pułku Piechoty Str., 41-500 Chorzów, PolandFaculty of Materials Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Krasinskiego, 8, 40-019 Katowice, PolandThe present article is an exploration of metamaterial structures exhibiting auxetic properties. The study shows the effect of three geometric parameters of re-entrant auxetic cells, namely, the internal initial cell angle (θ<sub>0</sub>), the strut length ratio h/l, and the degree of opening of the unit cells expressed by the change in the Δθ angle, on the value of the Poisson’s ratio. It combines theoretical insights into physical re-entrant auxetic structures with the demonstration of structures that can be subjected to cyclic loading without being damaged. The experimental section features the results of the compression tests of a symmetrical structure made up of four re-entrant cells and tensile tests of a flat mesh structure of size 4 × 4. In the mesh structure, a modification was applied to the re-entrant cells, creating arched strut connections. It was shown that the value of the maximum load for such structures depends on the bending angle and the length of the inclined strut. The mesh structure was created using torsion springs. Its cyclic tension for different amplitudes yielded Poisson’s ratio values in the range of −1.4 to −1.7. These modifications have enabled stable, elastic, and failure-free cyclical changes of the structure’s dimensions under load.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/14/11/1272auxetic structuresre-entrant unit cellsspringback |
| spellingShingle | Julian Plewa Małgorzata Płońska Grzegorz Junak Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures Metals auxetic structures re-entrant unit cells springback |
| title | Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures |
| title_full | Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures |
| title_fullStr | Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures |
| title_short | Metallic Metamaterials with Auxetic Properties: Re-Entrant Structures |
| title_sort | metallic metamaterials with auxetic properties re entrant structures |
| topic | auxetic structures re-entrant unit cells springback |
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