Self-shifting neutral axis and negative poisson’s ratio in hierarchical structured natural composites: Bamboo

Shaowen Xu, Aniruddha Mitra, Stephen Migues, Jacob Mayfield, Michael Shinall, Bessenbacher Derek, Davis Linley, Spratlin Russell

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Abstract

Bamboo is a light weight, high strength natural composite. Although it has been wildly used in the world for thousand years, the mechanism of material enhancement and microstructure/property relationships has not been well understood yet. In this study, triple points bending tests were conducted for mechanical behavior characterization of natural composite-bamboo. Digital Image Correlation was utilized to determine the deformation and strain of a bamboo beam. It was found that (a) the material responses to the applied load had both a linear and a non-linear range, (b) the beam was stiffer when it had node at two ends, (c) the neutral axis shifted toward the tensile side of the beam during loading process, (d) when samples were reloaded, the material responses to the load were different, (e) negative Poisson’s ration was found in the high fiber density of the beam.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanics of Biological Systems and Materials - Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
EditorsChad S. Korach, Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur, Pablo Zavattieri
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages67-73
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783319413501
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventAnnual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2016 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Jun 6 2016Jun 9 2016

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Volume6
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period06/6/1606/9/16

Keywords

  • Digital image correlation
  • Hierarchical structure
  • Negative poisson’s ratio
  • Neutral axis
  • Self-shifting

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