JOURNAL ARTICLE

Negative compressibility

Ruben GattJoseph N. Grima

Year: 2008 Journal:   physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters Vol: 2 (5)Pages: 236-238   Publisher: Wiley

Abstract

Abstract Structures made up from bi‐material elements which can exhibit negative properties, in particular negative compressibility (negative bulk modulus, i.e. expand in size when the external pressure is increased and shrink when the external pressure is decreased) are proposed. This anomalous behaviour is confirmed through finite element modelling. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

Keywords:
Compressibility Thermodynamics Physics

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Topics

Elasticity and Material Modeling
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Materials Chemistry
Elasticity and Wave Propagation
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanics of Materials

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