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

GÜRGEN S., KUŞHAN M. C.

COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING, cilt.94, ss.50-60, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 94
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.12.019
  • Dergi Adı: COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.50-60
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Shear thickening fluid, Silicon carbide, Stab resistance, High performance fabric, Impact, BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE, ENERGY-ABSORPTION, PUNCTURE RESISTANCE, KEVLAR FABRICS, SILICA, SUSPENSIONS, RHEOLOGY, STF, BEHAVIORS, VISCOSITY
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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, we designed multiphase STFs and investigated the stab resistance of fabrics impregnated with these novel fluids. Silica and polyethylene glycol (PEG) based STFs were synthesized with various particle size of silicon carbide (SiC) additives to constitute the multi-phase suspension systems. The influence of the additive particles on the thickening behavior of the STFs was analyzed via rheological testing. The stab resistance of the fabrics was investigated in a drop tower against spike and knife threats and therefore, the role of the STFs was discussed in detail. According to this study, multi-phase STFs realized further improvement in the stab resistance of fabrics with respect to single-phase STFs. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.