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Blast-proof curtain speaks about auxetic effect of yarn
21 Jun '10
4 min read
Testing at a Government-approved facility has already commenced. Following rigorous certification procedures, the new curtain could be on the market within three to five years.
The fabric could also be used in other areas such as:
• The manufacture of smart, self healing auxetic bandages. Wounds that swell would put the bandage under tension opening up pores that are impregnated with an antibiotic which would then be released.
• Dental floss that expands when you pull it, to fill in gaps to make cleaning more effective for teeth.
• Civil engineering for the reinforcement of soils and for storm and flood mitigation.
Auxetix Ltd is a spin-out R&D company from the University of Exeter that invents and refines novel auxetic technologies.
EPSRC is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £850 million a year in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.
The fabric could also be used in other areas such as:
• The manufacture of smart, self healing auxetic bandages. Wounds that swell would put the bandage under tension opening up pores that are impregnated with an antibiotic which would then be released.
• Dental floss that expands when you pull it, to fill in gaps to make cleaning more effective for teeth.
• Civil engineering for the reinforcement of soils and for storm and flood mitigation.
Auxetix Ltd is a spin-out R&D company from the University of Exeter that invents and refines novel auxetic technologies.
EPSRC is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £850 million a year in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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