Publication Type : Patents
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Engineering
Department : Mechanical
Year : 2024
Abstract : An auxetic member for load bearing structures has a section including a plurality of structural units, and a top layer provided at a top end of the section and a bottom layer provided at a bottom end of the section. The structural units includes ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces and the ribs with parallel surfaces of the structural units are oriented at an angle α relative to a horizontal plane, the structural unit including a void enclosed by the ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces. The member is characterized in that the void of the structural units is filled with a packing material for improving load bearing capacity.
Cite this Research Publication : US Patent 11,981,111 An Auxetic Member for Load Bearing Structures granted on May 14, 2024 (M53)