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Sep 2026
Mechanism-Driven Design and Validation of a Multi-Material Polymeric Auxetic for Deformation-Activated Sealing
Auxetic polymers offer a route to deformation-activated sealing by transforming axial deformation into lateral expansion, enabling controlled conformity and retention within perforated structures. This paper presents the design-space-guided optimisation of a multi-material polymeric auxetic plug for mechanically activa...
Henry Titchener-Hooker, Rakan Albarakati, H. Hassanin et al.
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