Blogging the Field of Rheology
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Link of the Moment: STF Fabric
One of the more impressive applications of shear-thickening fluids is as a additive to body armor. A collaboration between the University of Delaware and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has improved the protective properties of Kevlar. The home page is here, and pictures and video are here.
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We studied this in fluid dynamics class about 3 years ago. Prof. showed this video that was amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfhw6I_uBQg
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