Experimental and computation assessment of thermomechanical effects during auxetic foam fabrication
Experimental and computation assessment of thermomechanical effects during auxetic foam fabrication
Auxetic foams continue to interest researchers owing to their unique and enhanced properties. Existing studies attest to the importance of fabrication mechanisms and parameters. However, disparity in thermo-mechanical parameters has left much debate as to which factors dominate fabrication output quality. This paper provides experimental, computational, and statistical insights into the mechanisms that enable auxetic foams to be produced, using key parameters reported within the literature: porosity; heating time; and volumetric compression ratio. To advance the considerations on manufacturing parameter dominance, both study design and scale have been optimised to enable statistical inferences to be drawn. Whilst being unusual for a manufacturing domain, such additional analysis provides more conclusive evidence of auxetic properties and highlights the supremacy of volumetric compression ratio in predicting Poisson’s ratio outcomes in the manufacture process. Furthermore statistical results are exploited to formulate key recommendations for those wishing to maximise/optimise auxetic foam production.
Auxetic, Auxetic foams, Modelling;, Negative Poisson’s ratio, Smart materials, Statistics
Critchley, Richard
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Corni, Ilaria
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Wharton, Julian
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Walsh, Frank
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Wood, Robert
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Stokes, Keith
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1 December 2020
Critchley, Richard
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Corni, Ilaria
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Wharton, Julian
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Walsh, Frank
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Wood, Robert
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Stokes, Keith
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Critchley, Richard, Corni, Ilaria, Wharton, Julian, Walsh, Frank, Wood, Robert and Stokes, Keith
(2020)
Experimental and computation assessment of thermomechanical effects during auxetic foam fabrication.
Scientific Reports, 10 (1), [18301].
(doi:10.1038/s41598-020-75298-w).
Abstract
Auxetic foams continue to interest researchers owing to their unique and enhanced properties. Existing studies attest to the importance of fabrication mechanisms and parameters. However, disparity in thermo-mechanical parameters has left much debate as to which factors dominate fabrication output quality. This paper provides experimental, computational, and statistical insights into the mechanisms that enable auxetic foams to be produced, using key parameters reported within the literature: porosity; heating time; and volumetric compression ratio. To advance the considerations on manufacturing parameter dominance, both study design and scale have been optimised to enable statistical inferences to be drawn. Whilst being unusual for a manufacturing domain, such additional analysis provides more conclusive evidence of auxetic properties and highlights the supremacy of volumetric compression ratio in predicting Poisson’s ratio outcomes in the manufacture process. Furthermore statistical results are exploited to formulate key recommendations for those wishing to maximise/optimise auxetic foam production.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 October 2020
Published date: 1 December 2020
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of EPSRC and Dstl (EP/G042195/1).
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This study was funded by EPSRC and Dstl (EP/G042195/1).
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Keywords:
Auxetic, Auxetic foams, Modelling;, Negative Poisson’s ratio, Smart materials, Statistics
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444854
ISSN: 2045-2322
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