Study on negative Poisson’s ratio of auxetic yarn under tension: Part 1 – Theoretical analysis

Abstract

The main content dealt with in the paper is to make a theoretical analysis of the contour diameter of auxetic yarn under tension, which expands transversely under axial tension. The auxetic yarn is designed by two components, that is, a core filament and a wrap filament. Compared with the wrap filament, the core filament is thicker, softer and much more extensible. In the initial status, the core filament is straight in the center of the auxetic yarn and the wrap filament wraps the core filament helically in a certain helical angle. Based on theoretical analysis, the formula of negative Poisson’s ratio of stretched auxetic yarn is obtained. It is found that the value of Poisson’s ratio is related to axial strain, helical angle and the diameter ratio of the core filament to the wrap filament. An applied example is presented to verify the Poisson’s ratio value-strain curve of auxetic yarn. In order to better investigate effects on negative Poisson’s ratio, the effect of different parameters of yarn, including mesh size, diameter ratio, tensile modulus and helical angle of the wrap filament, is investigated using finite element analysis based on ABAQUS software to analyze the negative Poisson’s ratio of auxetic yarn when stretched. It verified that yarn spun by two different components produced a negative Poisson’s ratio effect under tension and structure parameters of auxetic yarn significantly affected negative Poisson's ratio values. It is expected that this study could help us understanding the deformation mechanism of auxetic yarn under axial tension load.