[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, materials and strategies for personal thermal management by next-generation textiles

AS Farooq, P Zhang - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat stress affects personal health and curtails work productivity, resulting in adversely
influencing the entire economy. With global warming and expected climate change, the …

Shear thickening fluid and its application in impact protection: a review

H Liu, K Fu, X Cui, H Zhu, B Yang - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Shear thickening fluid (STF) is a dense colloidal suspension of nanoparticles in a carrier
fluid in which the viscosity increases dramatically with a rise in shear rate. Due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Novel Kevlar fabric composite for multifunctional soft body armor

T Fan, Z Sun, Y Zhang, Y Li, Z Chen, P Huang… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Besides resistance to stab and impact, good flexibility and lightweight, soft body armors are
also desired to have capabilities of monitoring human physical state, maintaining body …

[HTML][HTML] Ballistic performance of Kevlar fabric impregnated with nanosilica/PEG shear thickening fluid

A Khodadadi, G Liaghat, S Vahid, AR Sabet… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents the response of fiber reinforced composite material composed of woven
Kevlar fabric impregnated with a colloidal shear thickening fluid (STF) under high velocity …

[HTML][HTML] Soft armor materials constructed with Kevlar fabric and a novel shear thickening fluid

J Qin, B Guo, L Zhang, T Wang, G Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents the dynamic stab resistance and quasi-static mechanical properties of
soft armor materials constructed with Kevlar fabric impregnated with a novel shear …

Low-velocity impact behaviour of a shear thickening fluid (STF) and STF-filled sandwich composite panels

K Fu, H Wang, L Chang, M Foley, K Friedrich… - Composites Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sandwich composite panels (SCPs) with carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) facings are
usually vulnerable to low-velocity transverse impact loading. In this study, a method is …

Investigation on rheological characteristics of magnetorheological shear thickening fluids mixed with micro CBN abrasive particles

C Qian, Y Tian, Z Fan, Z Sun, Z Ma - Smart Materials and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The novel magnetorheological shear thickening polishing fluids (MRSTPFs) were
developed by mixing micro cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasive particles into traditional …

Enhanced sandwich structure composite with shear thickening fluid and thermoplastic polyurethanes for High-performance stab resistance

X Zhang, TT Li, HK Peng, CW Lou, JH Lin - Composite structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to improve the stab resistance of fabrics, needle-punching processing technology is
adopted to combine the aramid fabric and the nonwoven fabric. The shear thickening fluid …

[HTML][HTML] The CNT/PSt-EA/Kevlar composite with excellent ballistic performance

S Cao, H Pang, C Zhao, S Xuan, X Gong - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This work reports a new type of ballistic composite which is prepared by integrating the
carbon nanotube-polystyrene ethyl acrylate (CNT/PSt-EA) based shear thickening fluid (C …

[HTML][HTML] A high anti-impact STF/Ecoflex composite structure with a sensing capacity for wearable design

J Zhang, Y Wang, H Deng, J Zhou, S Liu, J Wu… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
By encapsulating shear thickening fluid (STF) in Ecoflex-0030, a kind of composite structure
with excellent anti-impact and high energy absorption properties was obtained. The drop …