Journal
COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 184, Issue -, Pages 288-298Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.10.013
Keywords
Auxetic; Nail; Timber; Finite element model; Plastic deformation
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- Australian Research Council [DP160101400, LP150100906]
- China Scholarship Council [201306370057]
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Under uniaxial compression (tension), auxetic materials would shrink (expand) laterally. It has been speculated that the auxetic property could be used to design superior nails for easier push-in and harder pull-out. In this study, the first auxetic nails are designed, fabricated and experimentally investigated. Pine timber and mediumdensity fibreboard are selected as testing materials. The push-in and pull-out performance of auxetic and nonauxetic nails is compared by using two key parameters of the maximum compressive force and the maximum tensile force. It is found that the auxetic nails do not always exhibit superior mechanical performance to nonauxetic ones. Also, the small auxetic deformation of one typical designed auxetic nail is revealed by the experimentally validated finite element model. The experimental and numerical results illustrate the limitations of exploiting the auxetic property in the nail application. Some suggestions are provided for more effective designs of future auxetic nails.
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