Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130101882

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP130101882

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Plastic auxetics: a new class of materials. Auxetic materials and structures are those which possess the unusual property of expanding in a lateral direction when stretched or contracting in the lateral direction when compressed. This project will deliver a new class of auxetic materials which are easy to manufacture; possess tuneable properties; and are capable of carrying large strains.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-06-2013

End Date: 31-12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $350,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation

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