Microporous materials with negative Poisson's ratios. II. Mechanisms and interpretation
- 14 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 22 (12), 1883-1887
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/22/12/013
Abstract
For pt.I see ibid., vol.22, p.1877-82 (1989). In a previous paper the morphology of a microporous material made from expanded poly(tetrafluoroethylene) was described and results presented for its mechanical behaviour. The material was shown to be highly anisotropic and exhibited a large negative Poisson's ratio. In this paper a simple model for the microstructure is described to account for this effect. The model is based on an interconnected array of anisotropic particles that deforms so as to produce a large transverse displacement under longitudinal tensile loading. Very good agreement is found between the model and experimental results, providing an explanation for the variation of Poisson's ratio with tensile strain, in terms of changes in material morphology.Keywords
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