Open AccessInfluence of unit cell parameters of tetrachiral mechanical metamaterial on its effective properties
Author(s) -
L. R. Akhmetshin,
I. Yu. Smolin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik sankt-peterburgskogo universiteta. matematika. mehanika. astronomiâ/vestnik sankt-peterburgskogo universiteta. seriâ 1, matematika, mehanika, astronomiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-5884
pISSN - 1025-3106
DOI - 10.21638/spbu01.2021.113
Subject(s) - metamaterial , context (archaeology) , materials science , rotation (mathematics) , compression (physics) , nonlinear system , finite element method , unit (ring theory) , structural engineering , composite material , geometry , physics , mathematics , engineering , optoelectronics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , biology , mathematics education
In the paper, we study the mechanical behavior of a three-dimensional chiral mechanical metamaterial using numerical modeling. A feature of chiral structures is that during their uniaxial loading a twisting is observed along the loading axis. A rod of the mechanical metamaterial composed of 3 × 3 × 9 unit cells along the corresponding three orthogonal axes. The relative strain of uniaxial compression of the sample in the simulation did not exceed 3.3%. The simulation was performed by the finite element method in a threedimensional case. Original results on the dependencies of the rotation angle and the reaction of the rigidly fixed support of the metamaterial sample on the parameters characterizing the structure of the unit cell of the metamaterial are presented in this context. All the dependencies, except one, are nonlinear with portions of large and small changes.