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A review of the manufacture, mechanical properties and potential applications of auxetic foams

A review of the manufacture, mechanical properties and potential applications of auxetic foams
A review of the manufacture, mechanical properties and potential applications of auxetic foams
Auxetics are a modern class of material fabricated by altering the material microstructure. Unlike conventional materials, auxetics exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio when subjected to tensile loading. These materials have gained popularity within the research community because of their enhanced properties, such as density, stiffness, fracture toughness and dampening. This paper provides a critical oversight of the auxetic field with particular emphasis to the auxetic foams, due to their low price, easy availability and desirable mechanical properties. Key areas discussed include the fabrication method, the effects played by different parameters (temperature, heating time, cell shape and size and volumetric compression ratio), microstructural models, mechanical properties and potential applications
0370-1972
1-20
Critchley, Richard
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Corni, Ilaria
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Wharton, J.A.
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Walsh, F.C.
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Wood, R.J.K.
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Critchley, Richard, Corni, Ilaria, Wharton, J.A., Walsh, F.C., Wood, R.J.K. and Stokes, K.R. (2013) A review of the manufacture, mechanical properties and potential applications of auxetic foams. Physica Status Solidi (b), 1-20. (doi:10.1002/pssb.201248550).

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Auxetics are a modern class of material fabricated by altering the material microstructure. Unlike conventional materials, auxetics exhibit a negative Poisson's ratio when subjected to tensile loading. These materials have gained popularity within the research community because of their enhanced properties, such as density, stiffness, fracture toughness and dampening. This paper provides a critical oversight of the auxetic field with particular emphasis to the auxetic foams, due to their low price, easy availability and desirable mechanical properties. Key areas discussed include the fabrication method, the effects played by different parameters (temperature, heating time, cell shape and size and volumetric compression ratio), microstructural models, mechanical properties and potential applications

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Published date: April 2013
Organisations: Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 358061
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/358061
ISSN: 0370-1972
PURE UUID: 026fc9f7-377f-4b96-83a6-3eb32c95affc
ORCID for J.A. Wharton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-017X
ORCID for R.J.K. Wood: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-9239

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Date deposited: 04 Oct 2013 14:10
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:58

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Author: Richard Critchley
Author: Ilaria Corni
Author: J.A. Wharton ORCID iD
Author: F.C. Walsh
Author: R.J.K. Wood ORCID iD
Author: K.R. Stokes

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