Dynamic response of sandwich panels with auxetic cores

Effective properties and dynamic response of a sandwich panel made of two face sheets and auxetic core are analyzed in this study by computer simulations. The inner composite layer is made of a cellular auxetic structure immersed in a filler material of a given Poisson's ratio (filler material fills the voids in structure). Each cell is composed of an auxetic structure (re-entrant honeycomb or rotating square), i.e., exhibiting negative Poisson's ratio without any filler. Influence of filler material on the effective properties of the sandwich panel is investigated. The proposed structure shows interesting structural characteristics and dynamic properties. Our results clearly show that it is possible to create auxetic sandwich panels made of two solid materials with positive Poisson's ratio. This is even possible if the filler material is nearly incompressible, but can move in out-of-plane direction. Moreover, effective Young's modulus of such sandwich panels becomes very large if the Poisson's ratio of the filler material tends to −1.

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