Auxetic nail: Design and experimental study

Under uniaxial compression (tension), auxetic materials would shrink (expand) laterally. It has been speculated that the auxetic property could be used to design superior nails for easier push-in and harder pull-out. In this study, the first auxetic nails are designed, fabricated and experimentally investigated. Pine timber and medium-density fibreboard are selected as testing materials. The push-in and pull-out performance of auxetic and...