Auxetic Metamaterial: Re-Entrant Honeycomb
Interactive 3D re-entrant honeycomb lattice: tune the rib hinge angle and rib-length ratio and watch the structure get wider when stretched — a live-measured negative Poisson's ratio, the mechanism behind real auxetic metamaterials.
This simulator renders a re-entrant honeycomb lattice — rigid ribs joined at hinges — and lets you set the rib hinge angle θ and the vertical-to-inclined rib length ratio h/l directly. As the inclined ribs rotate, the whole lattice's width and height are measured live from the actual node geometry and used to compute a real, numerically-measured Poisson's ratio, demonstrating exactly how a negative rib angle produces the auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) behavior found in real re-entrant metamaterials, impact padding, and expandable stents.
Tune the rib hinge angle and rib-length ratio of a re-entrant honeycomb lattice and watch a live-measured negative Poisson's ratio emerge as the structure widens under stretching, the same geometric mechanism behind real auxetic metamaterials.
3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install