FE analysis of the in-plane mechanical properties of a novel Voronoi-type lattice with positive and negative Poisson's ratio configurations

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2450-2459

  Bouakba, Mustapha ^a,b   Bezazi, Abderrezak ^b   Scarpa, Fabrizio ^c  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic behaviour; Finite element analysis; Lattice structures; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CELL GEOMETRIES; CELLULAR MATERIAL; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; GLOBAL STIFFNESS; IN-PLANE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; LATTICE STRUCTURES; NEGATIVE POISSON'S RATIOS; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; POISSON'S RATIO; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMULATION; UNIAXIAL TENSILE LOADING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

POISSON RATIO;

EID: 84863987816     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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