Poisson’s ratio and modern materials
2011-10-24 · Poisson’s ratio and modern materials G. N. Greaves1,2*, A. L. Greer1, R. S. Lakes3 and T. Rouxel4 In comparing a material’s resistance to distort under mechanical load rather than to alter in volume, Poisson’s ratio offers the fundamental metric by which to compare the performance of any material when strained elastically.
