[HTML][HTML] Shear thickening fluids and their applications

M Wei, K Lin, L Sun - Materials & Design, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Shear thickening fluids (STFs) are a new type of nanosuspension, which are formed by
dispersing micro and nanoparticles in a dispersant. STFs are easily deformed under the …

Shear thickening fluids in protective applications: A review

S Gürgen, MC Kuşhan, W Li - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017‏ - Elsevier
A thorough and critical review on Shear Thickening Fluids (STFs) is presented based on a
literature survey. The rheological properties of STFs are discussed considering many factors …

Shear thickening in concentrated suspensions: phenomenology, mechanisms and relations to jamming

E Brown, HM Jaeger - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Shear thickening is a type of non-Newtonian behavior in which the stress required to shear a
fluid increases faster than linearly with shear rate. Many concentrated suspensions of …

[HTML][HTML] The stab resistance of fabrics impregnated with shear thickening fluids including various particle size of additives

S Gürgen, MC Kuşhan - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Shear thickening fluid (STF) treated high performance fabrics have attracted much attention
in the applications of body protection. In order to improve the contribution of STF treatments …

The role of dilation and confining stresses in shear thickening of dense suspensions

E Brown, HM Jaeger - Journal of Rheology, 2012‏ - pubs.aip.org
Many densely packed suspensions and colloids exhibit a behavior known as Discontinuous
Shear Thickening in which the shear stress jumps dramatically and reversibly as the shear …

[HTML][HTML] Soft armor materials constructed with Kevlar fabric and a novel shear thickening fluid

J Qin, B Guo, L Zhang, T Wang, G Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study presents the dynamic stab resistance and quasi-static mechanical properties of
soft armor materials constructed with Kevlar fabric impregnated with a novel shear …

The ballistic performance of aramid based fabrics impregnated with multi-phase shear thickening fluids

S Gürgen, MC Kuşhan - Polymer Testing, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Single-phase shear thickening fluids (STFs) have been extensively investigated in body
protective applications. However, researchers do not have long-standing past experience of …

Celebrating soft matter's 10th anniversary: Toward jamming by design

HM Jaeger - Soft matter, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In materials science, high performance is typically associated with regularity and order,
while disorder and the presence of defects are assumed to lead to sub-optimal outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Impact resistance of shear thickening fluid/Kevlar composite treated with shear-stiffening gel

Q He, S Cao, Y Wang, S Xuan, P Wang… - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In this work, shear-stiffening gel (STG) was introduced into shear thickening fluid (STF)-
impregnated-Kevlar® woven fabric (Kevlar/STF) to improve the impact resistance. The STF …

The rheology of shear thickening fluids with various ceramic particle additives

S Gürgen, W Li, MC Kuşhan - Materials & Design, 2016‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, shear thickening fluids (STFs) and three different types of additive particles
such as silicon carbide, aluminum oxide and boron carbide are presented. STFs were …