Pattern switching in soft cellular structures and hydrogel-elastomer composite materials under compression

• Main Authors: Hu, Jianying, Zhou, Yu, Liu, Zishun, Ng, Teng Yong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Composite Hydrogel–elastomer Materials; Soft Periodic Structures
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87767; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45516
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is well known that elastic instabilities induce pattern transformations when a soft cellular structure is compressed beyond critical limits. The nonlinear phenomena of pattern transformations make them a prime candidate for controlling macroscopic or microscopic deformation and auxetic properties...