Review Article
A Review on Auxetic Textile Structures, Their Mechanism and Properties
Andrews Boakye, Yuping Chang, Rafiu King Raji and Pibo Ma*
Jiangnan University, China
Pibo Ma, Engineering Research Center for Knitting Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textile and Clothing, Jiangnan University, China.
Received Date: November 27, 2018; Published Date: January 30, 2019
Abstract
Materials that possess a negative Poisson’s ration are classified to be auxetic textile materials. As compared to conventional materials, they exhibit a counter-intuitive quality which enables them to expand longitudinally when stretched and contract laterally when compressed. This counter- intuitive effect occurs as a result of the structural deformation of these auxetic textile materials when they are subjected to tension. This paper considers the current structures of auxetic textile materials, more importantly their deformational mechanism, properties and some general applications.
Keywords: Auxetic textile materials, Counter-intuitive, Negative poisson’s ratio (NPR)
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Andrews Boakye, Yuping Chang, Rafiu King Raji and Pibo Ma. A Review on Auxetic Textile Structures, Their Mechanism and Properties. J Textile Sci & Fashion Tech. 2(1): 2019. JTSFT.MS.ID.000526.
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