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Hybrid auxetic foam and perforated plate composites for human body support

Mohanraj, H.; Filho Ribeiro, S. L. M.; Panzera, T. H.; Scarpa, F.; Farrow, I. R.; Jones, R.; Davies-Smith, A.; Remillat, C. D. L.; Walters, P.; Peng, H. X.

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Authors

H. Mohanraj

S. L. M. Filho Ribeiro

T. H. Panzera

F. Scarpa

I. R. Farrow

Ruth Jones Ruth.Jones@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Materials & Manufacturing

A. Davies-Smith

C. D. L. Remillat

H. X. Peng



Abstract

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The article describes the design, manufacturing, modelling and testing of a hybrid composite support made from auxetic open cell foam liners and curved thermoplastic plates with rhomboidal perforations for human body support. Both the foam and the curved perforated plate have in-plane negative Poisson's ratio behaviour. The static bending stiffness of the hybrid auxetic composite support is modelled using an analytical and Finite Element approach benchmarked against experimental results from three-point bending tests. The benchmarked Finite Element models are used to develop a map of optimised static stiffness versus the geometry of the rhomboidal perforations. A Design of Experiment testing campaign is also carried out on 16 hybrid auxetic composite plates to understand the interaction and correlation of the static bending versus the geometry of the perforations and the contribution given by the auxetic foam liner.

Citation

Mohanraj, H., Filho Ribeiro, S. L. M., Panzera, T. H., Scarpa, F., Farrow, I. R., Jones, R., …Peng, H. X. (2016). Hybrid auxetic foam and perforated plate composites for human body support. physica status solidi (b), 253(7), 1378-1386. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201600106

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 3, 2016
Online Publication Date May 17, 2016
Publication Date Jul 1, 2016
Deposit Date Aug 11, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research
Print ISSN 0370-1972
Electronic ISSN 1521-3951
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 253
Issue 7
Pages 1378-1386
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201600106
Keywords auxetic, curved plate, foam, modelling, perforations, testing, human support
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/921699
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201600106
Additional Information Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mohanraj, H., Filho Ribeiro, S. L. M., Panzera, T. H., Scarpa, F., Farrow, I. R., Jones, R., Davies-Smith, A., Remillat, C. D. L., Walters, P. and Peng, H.-X. (2016) Hybrid auxetic foam and perforated plate composites for human body support. physica status solidi (b), 253 (7). pp. 1378-1386, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201600106. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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