Empirical study of the high velocity impact energy absorption characteristics of shear thickening fluid (STF) impregnated Kevlar fabric

TL;DR: In this article, multi-phase shear thickening fluid (STF) treated high performance fabrics have attracted much attention in the applications of body protection and in order to improve the contribution of STF treatments, the authors designed multiphase STF and investigated the stab resistance of fabrics impregnated with these novel fluids.

TL;DR: 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.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact resistance performance of woven Kevlar fabric is significantly enhanced due to the presence of colloidal shear thickening fluid (STF), which was made by dispersing silica nanoparticles at 15, 25, 35 and 45wt.

TL;DR: In this article, five different weave structures were prepared with varying thread densities of p-aramid yarns, followed by treatment with 60% w/w STF to develop soft armor materials.

TL;DR: In contrast to recent publications suggesting that particle cluster formation alone can play an important role in the shear-thickening flow behavior of concentrated colloidal suspensions, there is little if any substantive evidence to prove it as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of fluid viscosity, particle loadings, and particle size and shape on the behavior of colloidal shear thickening fluids (STF•Kevlar composites was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a shear thickening fluid enhanced fabrics and the influence of the shear-thickening fluid types on the knife stab and puncture resistance performance were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the particle size of silica colloidal suspension (SCS) in SCS-impregnated plain woven fabrics on the ballistic performance of those fabrics was investigated.