THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Ruining Wang

,

Ying Ying Zhou

,

Qiushi Wang

,

Runjun Sun

,

Xiaoya Jia

,

Mingyue Tian

THE INFLUENCE OF CARBON NANOTUBE ADDITION ON THE SHEAR-THICKENING PERFORMANCE OF SUSPENSIONS

ABSTRACT
The shear thickening fluid as a protective material has received increasing attention, and its impact resistance and its rheological properties are controllable by integrating various kinds of additives to a single phase shear thickening fluid. In this paper, the rheological properties of shear thickening fluids with 26 wt.% fume silica, PEG200 and different mass fraction of multi-walled carbon nano-tubes are investigated, and the effect of temperature from -5°C to 55°C on steady state rheological properties of 1.0 wt.% multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced shear thickening fluids is studied. Finally a single yarn pull-out test is conducted to examine the influence of multi-shear thickening fluid on the shear strength and inter-yarn friction of fabrics. The results show that the addition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes can improve significantly the viscosity and shear thickening efficiency.
KEYWORDS
shear thickening fluids, rheology properties, viscosity, yarn pull-out
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2021-08-25
PAPER REVISED: 2022-05-24
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-05-24
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2023-06-11
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2303787W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE No. 3, PAGES [1787 - 1793]
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