Auxetics with Kangaroo

I am currently working on developing a thesis which deals with simulation of auxetic structures, eventually leading into physical prototyping and actuation through the use of arduino. I have been doing quite a bit of research, but I was wondering if anyone was currently working on simulating auxetics (2d or 3d) using Kangaroo. I will post some of my current progress later this week. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to gather as many resources as I can!

Daniel Vrana

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Permalink Reply by Michael Makris on April 28, 2014 at 9:56am

Daniel,

Sounds interesting. I know that some of the faculty at USC Architecture Building Sciences are interested in similar topics, though I don't know if any of the Masters or Ph.D. candidates are working on similar theses this year. You should contact Doug Noble or Anders Carlson (http://arch.usc.edu/people) and ask if anyone there is working along similar lines of inquiry. Even if not, they might know good resources for you.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on April 28, 2014 at 11:27am

Hi Daniel,

Here's a definition for simulating a simple auxetic structure:

Treating them as linkages can be quite simple, but I think a lot of the complexity in simulation will relate to the stiffness of the connections, which will depend very much on how they are made.

I hope that helps with getting started, feel free to ask more questions.

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