Out-of-Plane Tension of Thin Two-Layered Plates of Cubic Crystals

Herein, the theoretical analysis of out-of-plane tension of a thin rectangular two-layered plate of cubic crystals with the same orientation is provided. The dependences of effective Young's modulus and effective Poisson's ratio of the plate on Poisson's ratios of layers, the ratio of Young's moduli, and the thickness ratio are obtained. It is shown that when the ratios between Young's moduli and ratios between Poisson's ratios of the layers are equal, effective Young's modulus and effective Poisson's ratio coincide with Reuss'es means. The rules of mixtures are not fulfilled in the absence of equality of these ratios. In this case, effective Young's modulus can exceed not only Reuss'es mean but also Voigt's mean. It is demonstrated that effective Young's modulus can be larger than Young's moduli of both layers in two-layered plates of nonauxetic-nonauxetic and auxetic-auxetic type. It is established that the behavior of effective Poisson's ratio of nonauxetic-nonauxetic plates can vary depending on the ratio of the layer thicknesses. At the same time, effective Poisson's ratio of plates from pairs of auxetics cannot be less than Poisson's ratios of both initial auxetic layers.

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This study provides a theoretical analysis of out-of-plane tension of a thin rectangular two-layered plate of cubic crystals with the same orientation. The analysis reveals that the effective Young's modulus and effective Poisson's ratio of the plate behave differently depending on the ratios of various parameters.