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The design of disordered three-dimensional auxetic networks

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Abstract

Auxetic materials are characterized by a negative Poisson’s ratio. They have attracted a lot of attention from both the scientific and engineering communities because of a variety of potential applications, such as impact mitigation, indentation resistance and biocompatibility. The design of auxetic materials is usually realized in lattice-based periodic structures in an Edisonian way. Disordered networks have the potential for the design of tunable isotropic auxetic metamaterials. However, the design of disordered three-dimensional auxetic networks has been challenging due to lack of a universal design principle. Here we propose computational strategies for the systematic design of disordered three-dimensional auxetic networks. Our designs are validated by experimental measurement of 3D-printed networks. This work builds a powerful computational framework to manipulate the auxetic properties.

Presenters

  • Meng Shen

    University of Chicago

Authors

  • Meng Shen

    University of Chicago

  • Marcos Reyes-Martinez

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, MSED, NIST

  • Edwin P Chan

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, MSED, NIST

  • Christopher Soles

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, MSED, NIST

  • Nidhi Pashine

    University of Chicago

  • Sidney Robert Nagel

    University of Chicago, Physics, University of Chicago

  • Heinrich M. Jaeger

    University of Chicago

  • Juan De Pablo

    University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago. Argonne National Laboratory, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineerin, The University of Chicago, Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago