Idealized 3D auxetic mechanical metamaterial: An analytical, numerical, and experimental study

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made rationally-designed structures that present un-precedented mechanical properties not found in nature. One of the most well-known mechanical metamaterials is auxetics, which demonstrates negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) behavior that is very beneficial in several industrial applications. In this study, a...

Auxetic Behavior of Cementitious Cellular Composites Under Uniaxial Compression and Cyclic Loading

Mechanical behavior of cementitious cellular composites (CCC) with auxetic behavior was investigated under uniaxial compression and cyclic loading. Three cellular structures with different geometrical parameters are designed and prepared by 3D printing technique. Meanwhile, plain mortar and fiber reinforced mortar are used as constituent...

Compression Behaviors Of Cementitious Cellular Composites With Negative Poisson’s Ratio

Traditionally, mechanical properties of cementitious materials are designed<br/>“chemically”, namely by configuring their mix proportions. Owning to the development of 3D printing technology, “physical” tailoring the meso-structure of cementitious materials to design their mechanical properties becomes possible. In the present study,...