Investigation of Shear Thickening Liquid Protection Fibrous Material
The stab resistance performance of newly developed
fabric composites composed of hexagonal paper honeycombs, filled
with shear thickening fluid (STF), and woven Kevlar® fabric or
UHMPE was investigated in this study. The STF was prepared by
dispersing submicron SiO2 particles into polyethylene glycol (PEG).
Our results indicate that the STF-Kevlar composite possessed lower
penetration depth than that of neat Kevlar. In other words, the
STF-Kevlar composite can attain the same energy level in
stab-resistance test with fewer layers of Kevlar fabrics than that of the
neat Kevlar fabrics. It also indicates that STF can be used for the
fabrication of flexible body armors and can provide improved
protection against stab threats. We found that the stab resistance of the
STF-Kevlar composite increases with the increase of SiO2
concentration in STF. Moreover, the silica particles functionalized
with silane coupling agent can further improve the stab resistance.
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[1] Hassan Mahfuz, Floria Clements, Vijaya Rangari, Vinod Dhanak, and
Graham Beamson. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 105, 064307
(2009).
[2] F.J. Galindo-Rosales, F.J. Rubio-Hernández, and A. Sevilla, "An
apparent viscosity function for shear thickening fluids," JOURNAL OF
NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID MECH. 166, 321-325(2011).
[3] R. G. Egres Jr., Y. S. Lee, J. E. Kirkwood, K. M. Kirkwood, E. D. Wetzel
and N. J. Wagner, the 14th International Conference on Composite
Materials, San Diego, CA, July, ( 2003).
[4] R. G. Egres Jr., M. J. Decker, C. J. Halbach, Y. S. Lee, J. E. Kirkwood, K.
M. Kirkwood, E. D. Wetzel, N. J. Wagner, the 24th Army Science
Conference, Orlando, FL, November 29-December 2, (2004).
[5] R. G. Egres and N. J. Wagner, the XIVth International Congress on
Rheology, (Seoul, South Korea, August 22-27, 2004)
@article{"International Journal of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Sciences:55115", author = "Po-Yun Chen and Jui-Liang Yen and Chang-Ping Chang and Wen-Hua Hu and Yu-Liang Chen and Yih-Ming Liu and Chin-Yi Chou and Ming-Der Ger", title = "Investigation of Shear Thickening Liquid Protection Fibrous Material", abstract = "The stab resistance performance of newly developed
fabric composites composed of hexagonal paper honeycombs, filled
with shear thickening fluid (STF), and woven Kevlar® fabric or
UHMPE was investigated in this study. The STF was prepared by
dispersing submicron SiO2 particles into polyethylene glycol (PEG).
Our results indicate that the STF-Kevlar composite possessed lower
penetration depth than that of neat Kevlar. In other words, the
STF-Kevlar composite can attain the same energy level in
stab-resistance test with fewer layers of Kevlar fabrics than that of the
neat Kevlar fabrics. It also indicates that STF can be used for the
fabrication of flexible body armors and can provide improved
protection against stab threats. We found that the stab resistance of the
STF-Kevlar composite increases with the increase of SiO2
concentration in STF. Moreover, the silica particles functionalized
with silane coupling agent can further improve the stab resistance.", keywords = "shear thickening fluid, SiO2, Kevlar, stab", volume = "6", number = "5", pages = "446-3", }