Abstract
The nonlinear mechanical responses of tetrachiral honeycombs under large deformation are theoretically analyzed by employing elliptic integrals, and the results are verified by numerical simulations. The nonlinear relationships between normal stress, shear stress, Poisson's ratio and the strain are derived for the tetrachiral honeycombs. It is found that the Poison's ratio of the tetrachiral honeycombs under large deformation is totally different from that under small deformation. The Poisson's ratio can achieve to a large magnitude of 0.8 in the former case, while remains 0 in the latter case. Moreover, the tetrachiral honeycombs exhibit positive Poison's ratio under large tensile-deformation, whilst showing negative Poisson's ratio under large compression-deformation. The magnitude of Poisson's ratio depends on both the honeycomb's deformation and the ligament relative length, while it is insensitive to the ligament thickness. Besides, the coupling effect between tensile (or compression) and shear is observed for the tetrachiral honeycombs. In other words, shear deformation appears within the honeycomb under uniaxial loading. The coupling effect depends on both the honeycomb's deformation and the geometric parameters of the cell structure. And the quantitative relationships among them are derived. This special coupling effect of tetrachiral honeycombs provides a new idea for designing more metamaterials.
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