Extreme on-demand contactless modulation of elastic properties in magnetostrictive lattices

Singh, A., Mukhopadhyay, T., Adhikari, S. and Bhattacharya, B. (2022) Extreme on-demand contactless modulation of elastic properties in magnetostrictive lattices. Smart Materials and Structures, 31(12), 125005. (doi: 10.1088/1361-665x/ac9cac)

Abstract

2D lattices are widely popular in micro-architected metamaterial design as they are easy to manufacture and provide lightweight multifunctional properties. The mechanical properties of such lattice structures are predominantly an intrinsic geometric function of the microstructural topology, which are generally referred to as passive metamaterials since there is no possibility to alter the properties after manufacturing if the application requirement changes. A few studies have been conducted recently to show that the active modulation of elastic properties is possible in piezoelectric hybrid lattice structures, wherein the major drawback is that complicated electrical circuits are required to be physically attached to the micro-beams. This paper proposes a novel hybrid lattice structure by incorporating magnetostrictive patches that allow contactless active modulation of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio as per real-time demands. We have presented closed-form expressions of the elastic properties based on a bottom-up approach considering both axial and bending deformations at the unit cell level. The generic expressions can be used for different configurations (both unimorph or bimorph) and unit cell topologies under variable vertical or horizontal magnetic field intensity. The study reveals that extreme on-demand contactless modulation including sign reversal of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio (such as auxetic behavior in a structurally non-auxetic configuration, or vice-versa) is achievable by controlling the magnetic field remotely. Orders of difference in the magnitude of Young’s modulus can be realized actively in the metamaterial, which necessarily means that the same material can behave both like a soft polymer or a stiff metal depending on the functional demands. The new class of active mechanical metamaterials proposed in this article will bring about a wide variety of design and application paradigms in the field of functional materials and structures.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support from Visvesvaraya PhD scheme, Media Lab Asia, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, through a scholarship (Unique Awardee No. MEITY-PHD888) and SPARC Project (MHRD/ME/2018544). T M would like to acknowledge the support received through the Science and Engineering Research Board, India (Grant No. SRG/2020/001398). S A acknowledges the support of the UKIndia Education and Research Initiative through Grant No. UKIERI/P1212.
• Keywords: Paper, magnetostrictive metamaterials, active honeycomb lattices, elastic properties of lattices, negative Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, hybrid magnetostrictive honeycomb, multi-physical property modulation
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Adhikari, Professor Sondipon
• Authors: Singh, A., Mukhopadhyay, T., Adhikari, S., and Bhattacharya, B.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment
• Journal Name: Smart Materials and Structures
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• ISSN: 0964-1726
• ISSN (Online): 1361-665X
• Published Online: 04 November 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Smart Materials and Structures 31(12): 125005
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License