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Going further
Books
- L.J. Gibson and M.F. Ashby, Cellular solids: structure and properties,
Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition (1997).
Covers honeycombs and foams, both open and close celled, as well as the effects of gases and liquids in the cells. It also discusses the properties of bone, wood and the iris leaf as highly porous solids. - K.K. Chawla, Fibrous materials, Cambridge University Press, 2nd
edition (1998).
Covers fibrous and some woven structures. - D. Boal, Mechanics of the Cell, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
See chapter 3 on two-dimensional networks.
Websites
- Properties
of a chiral honeycomb with a Poisson's ratio -1
Website on amusing elastic properties.
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