The application of the method of fundamental solutions in modeling auxetic materials

Abstract

The paper presents an application of the method of fundamental solutions to model auxetic materials. The utility of the method has been illustrated by solution of basic elastostatic problem of searching displacements distribution for materials with different auxetic properties. Some remarks on most often difficulties occurring during computational process are also included. The presented numerical examples show that the method of fundamental solutions could be effective numerical tool for researching various properties of auxetic materials.