Episode 21: μ: Auxetics

This episode covers a fascinating class of materials called auxetics. Experience tells us that when we pull a material in tension, it should shrink; auxetics do the opposite. By shifting, winding, or rotating, these materials get wider when stretched and thinner when compressed.

Articles Discussed:

• Lakes R. Foam structures with a negative Poisson's ratio. [LINK]
• 2004 Evans, Auxetic polymers: a new range of materials [LINK]
• 2016 Saxena et al Three Decades of Auxetics Research − Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratio: A Review [LINK]
• 2006 Grima and Evans, Auxetic behavior from rotating triangles [LINK]
• 2007 Alderson and Alderson, Auxetic materials [LINK]
• 2016 Konaković and coworkers, Beyond developable: computational design and fabrication with auxetic materials. [LINK]

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Keywords: auxetics strain expansion poissons ratio structures materials

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