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A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study

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A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study. / Hou, Xiaonan; Hu, Hong ; Silberschmidt, Vadim .
In: Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 48, No. 24, 12.2013, p. 8493-8500.

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Hou, X, Hu, H & Silberschmidt, V 2013, 'A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study', Journal of Materials Science, vol. 48, no. 24, pp. 8493-8500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7666-1

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Hou, X., Hu, H., & Silberschmidt, V. (2013). A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study. Journal of Materials Science, 48(24), 8493-8500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7666-1

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Hou X, Hu H, Silberschmidt V. A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study. Journal of Materials Science. 2013 Dec;48(24):8493-8500. Epub 2013 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s10853-013-7666-1

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Hou, Xiaonan ; Hu, Hong ; Silberschmidt, Vadim . / A composite material with Poisson’s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study. In: Journal of Materials Science. 2013 ; Vol. 48, No. 24. pp. 8493-8500.

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title = "A composite material with Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio tunable from positive to negative values: an experimental and numerical study",
abstract = "The Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio describes an extent of transverse deformation of a material when an axial strain is applied. A change of the Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio from positive to negative can equip a material with a set of specific properties. In this paper, a study of a composite material with a tunable Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio is presented. Samples of such a composite were first fabricated with two different polymers based on a composite structure proposed in our previous work using a multi-material additive-manufacturing system. Using both experimental and numerical methods, deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of this composite material were analyzed. The obtained results demonstrate that its Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio can be reduced by increasing the difference in stiffness of constituent materials and turned from positive to negative when this difference is sufficiently high. Additionally, the study also validates a possible method to fabricate composites with designed structures and multi-constituent materials using additive-manufacturing techniques.",
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