Design, Analysis and Fabrication of

Negative
Poisson’s
Ratio
Materials Using Additive Manufacturing.

Objective
Design, Analyse and fabricate Negative Poisson’s ratio materials using addit-
ive manufacturing and validate the results obtained using FEM.
Scope
Fabrication of 2D Auxetic structural layers using additive manufacturing.
Determination of different mechanical properties like fracture toughness,
shear modulus, indentation resistance, damping ratio etc.
Experimentation is performed to collect data and visually verify the pred-
icted behaviour.
Validation of FEM results with experimentally obtained results.

Introduction
With an increasing demand of materials having superior structural properties, there
emerges a new area of research regarding Auxetic materials. These materials have a
negative value of Poisson’s ratio and exhibit unique mechanical properties. Our rep-
ort presents the study and analysis done on such structures having
Negative Poisson’s Ratio and quantifies the advantage of using
Auxetic materials.

Results
Shape FEM Exp %error

Lozenge -0.743 -0.835 11 Figure: Displacement contours of structures under

tensile loading, extracted from Abaqus
Re-entrant -1.202 -1.289 6.75

Triangular -0.537 -0.51 5.29

Star Shaped 0.1706 0.2 14.8

Fabrication
Printer: Artillery Sidewinder X1
(a) (b)
Filament Used: Thermoplastic
Polyurethane

(c) (d)
a. Re-entrant Structure b. Triangular Structure
c. Lozenge Structure d. Star Shaped Structure

Figure: Comparison between FEM results of tensile

and compressive loading

Experimentation
Equipement Used: HSM-38 Polarsicope
Loading Mechanism
Loading Spring
Dial Guage Figure: Bar-chart for comparison of Experimental and
Screw Jack for FEM results
precise loading
Holding Mechanism:
S Shaped Hangers
Transverse elongation
was measured manu-
ally using vernier caliper

Project Advisor: Project Co-Advisor:

Air Cdr (R) Dr Babar Saeed Air Cdr (R) Dr Ibraheem Haneef