Cellular auxetic structures for mechanical metamaterials: A review

PU Kelkar, HS Kim, KH Cho, JY Kwak, CY Kang… - Sensors, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Recent advances in lithography technology and the spread of 3D printers allow us a facile
fabrication of special materials with complicated microstructures. The materials are called …

A model of hardness and fracture toughness of solids

E Mazhnik, AR Oganov - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
Hardness and fracture toughness are some of the most important mechanical properties.
Here, we propose a simple model that uses only the elastic properties to calculate the …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic properties of 2D auxetic honeycomb structures-a review

E Montgomery-Liljeroth, S Schievano… - Applied Materials Today, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The research field of auxetics, materials or structures exhibiting a negative Poisson's ratio,
has received attention because of the unusually advantageous material properties that can …

Auxetic mechanical metamaterials: from soft to stiff

X Li, W Peng, W Wu, J **ong, Y Lu - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Auxetic mechanical metamaterials are artificially architected materials that possess negative
Poisson's ratio, demonstrating transversal contracting deformation under external vertical …

MechElastic: A Python library for analysis of mechanical and elastic properties of bulk and 2D materials

S Singh, L Lang, V Dovale-Farelo, U Herath… - Computer Physics …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The MechElastic Python package evaluates the mechanical and elastic properties
of bulk and 2D materials using the elastic coefficient matrix (C ij) obtained from any ab-initio …

Three-dimensional metamaterials exhibiting extreme isotropy and negative Poisson's ratio

Z Li, W Gao, MY Wang, CH Wang, Z Luo - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This research will develop a new set of mechanical metamaterials with simultaneous ideal
elastic isotropy and extreme negative Poisson's ratio through a topology optimization …

Novel auxetic structures with enhanced mechanical properties

X Li, Q Wang, Z Yang, Z Lu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Normally, enhancement of mechanical properties of auxetic cellular materials is at the
expense of its negative Poisson's ratio. Here, two novel auxetic cellular structures are …

Development of materials and structures for shielding applications against Blast and Ballistic impact: A Detailed Review

A Pai, CR Kini, S Shenoy - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The development of armaments has brought forth the challenges of protection systems from
gunfire and the like, while the advances in high energy explosives and availability, run the …