Literature Review: Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratios and Potential Applications to Aerospace and Defence

Abstract

An auxetic material exhibits exceptional features, which are different from a conventional material. That is, the auxetic material gets fatter when it is stretched, or becomes smaller when it is compressed, because it has a negative Poisson's ratio. This report briefly reviews the latest advances in research work in auxetic materials, structural mechanisms, properties and application, particularly in aerospace and defense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA460791

Entities

People

  • Qingcao Liu

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Auxetics
  • Body Armor
  • Cellular Structures
  • Composite Materials
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Modulus Of Elasticity

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space