Rheological Behavior of Dilatant (Shear‐Thickening) Fluids. Part I. Experimental and Data

1968 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Green ◽  
Richard G. Griskey
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Behavior ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

scholarly journals Impact of the Carbon Nanofillers Addition on Rheology and Absorption Ability of Composite Shear Thickening Fluids

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 3870
Author(s):  
Paulina Nakonieczna-Dąbrowska ◽  
Rafał Wróblewski ◽  
Magdalena Płocińska ◽  
Marcin Leonowicz
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Rheological Behavior ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Polypropylene Glycol ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids ◽  
Carbon Nanofillers ◽  
Energy Absorbing ◽  
Composite Shear

Synthesis and characterization of composite shear thickening fluids (STFs) containing carbon nanofillers are presented. Shear thickening fluids have attracted particular scientific and technological interest due to their unique ability to abruptly increase viscosity in the case of a sudden impact. The fluids have been developed as a potential component of products with high energy absorbing efficiency. This study reports on the rheological behavior, stability, and microstructure of the STFs modified with the following carbon nanofillers: multi-walled carbon nanotubes, reduced graphene oxide, graphene oxide, and carbon black. In the current experiment, the basic STF was made as a suspension of silica particles with a diameter of 500 nm in polypropylene glycol and with a molar mass of 2000 g/mol. The STF was modified with carbon nanofillers in the following proportions: 0.05, 0.15, and 0.25 vol.%. The addition of the carbon nanofillers modified the rheological behavior and impact absorption ability; for the STF containing 0.25 vol.% of carbon nanotubes, an increase of force absorption up to 12% was observed.

Effect of Alumina Addition on the Rheological Behavior of Shear Thickening Fluids

2019 ◽  
Vol 798 ◽  
pp. 331-336
Author(s):  
Natnicha Nuampakdee ◽  
Sujarinee Sinchai ◽  
Chaiwut Gamonpilas
Keyword(s):  
Rheological Behavior ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Body Armor ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Hard Material ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids ◽  
Alumina Addition

Shear thickening fluids (STF) have attracted much attention in many applications including body armor. In this study, suspensions of silica colloidal particles and polyethylene glycol fluid were prepared at varying volume fractions φ = 0.3 to 0.52 and their rheological behavior was investigated. It was found that the suspensions exhibited a Newtonian behavior for φ < 0.4, whilst a shear thinning followed by a thickening behavior could clearly be observed for φ > 0.4. Furthermore, the critical shear rates for the onset of shear thickening was found to decrease with increasing silica volume fraction but the corresponding critical shear stresses were independent of the volume fraction. To improve the ballistic protective performance, small amount of hard material particles, such as alumina, were added into the silica suspension of φ = 0.5. It was shown that the critical shear rates of the reinforced-STFs decreased with increasing volume fraction and decreasing alumina particle size. However, higher thickening ratio was observed for the alumina additive with agglomerated structure and this ratio increased with increasing alumina volume fraction.

Research and Applications of Shear Thickening Fluids

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Ding ◽  
Weihua Li ◽  
Shirley Z. Shen
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

Dynamic compressive response of 3D GFRP composites with shear thickening fluid (STF) matrix as cushioning materials

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832098424
Author(s):  
Mohsen Jeddi ◽  
Mojtaba Yazdani
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Gfrp Composites ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluid ◽  
Compressive Response ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

Whereas most previous studies have focused on improving the penetration resistance of Shear Thickening Fluids (STFs) treated composites, in this study, the dynamic compressive response of single and multi-ply 3 D E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites with the STF matrix was investigated by using a drop-weight low-velocity impact test. The experimental results revealed the STF improved the compressive and cushioning performance of the composites such that with increasing its concentration, further improvement was observed. The five-ply composite containing the STF of 30 wt% silica nanoparticles and 1 wt% carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reduced the applied peak force by 56% and 26% compared to a steel plate and five-ply neat samples, respectively. A series of repeated impacts was performed, and it was found that the performance of high-concentration composites is further decreased under this type of loading.

scholarly journals Pre- and post-transition behavior of shear-thickening fluids in oscillating shear

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1099-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Fischer ◽  
Christopher J. G. Plummer ◽  
Véronique Michaud ◽  
Pierre-Etienne Bourban ◽  
Jan-Anders E. Månson
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Transition Behavior ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

Stability of Shear-Thickening Liquids Between Rotating Cylinders

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nariman Ashrafi ◽  
Habib Karimi Haghighi
Keyword(s):  
Couette Flow ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Taylor Vortex ◽  
Shear Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

The effects of nonlinearities on the stability are explored for shear thickening fluids in the narrow-gap limit of the Taylor-Couette flow. It is assumed that shear-thickening fluids behave exactly as opposite of shear thinning ones. A dynamical system is obtained from the conservation of mass and momentum equations which include nonlinear terms in velocity components due to the shear-dependent viscosity. It is found that the critical Taylor number, corresponding to the loss of stability of Couette flow becomes higher as the shear-thickening effects increases. Similar to the shear thinning case, the Taylor vortex structure emerges in the shear thickening flow, however they quickly disappear thus bringing the flow back to the purely azimuthal flow. Naturally, one expects shear thickening fluids to result in inverse dynamical behavior of shear thinning fluids. This study proves that this is not the case for every point on the bifurcation diagram.

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