Composite materials with enhanced dimensionless Young's modulus and desired Poisson's ratio

Zhu, H. X. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3209-6831, Fan, T. X. and Zhang, D. 2015. Composite materials with enhanced dimensionless Young's modulus and desired Poisson's ratio. Scientific Reports 5 , 14103. 10.1038/srep14103

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Abstract

We have designed a new type of composite materials which not only has a Young’s modulus much larger than the Voigt limit, but also is always nearly isotropic. Moreover, its Poisson’s ratio can be designed at a desired value, e.g. positive, or negative, or zero. We have also demonstrated that structural hierarchy can help to enhance the stiffness of this type of composite materials. The results obtained in this paper provide a very useful insight into the development of new functional materials and structures.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Additional Information:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2045-2322
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	18 August 2015
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 06:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76174

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