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 impact loading. The STF was made by dispersing silica nanoparticles at 15, 25, 35 and 45 wt.% loading in polyethylene glycol. The effects of silica nanoparticle loading on energy absorption and ballistic limit were studied experimentally. Rheological results revealed that shear thickening occurred at all four nanosilica loading and higher loading showing the higher shear thickening at lower shear rate. SEM images confirmed good dispersion of nanosilica particles in the suspension. The results of the pull out test show that by increasing nanosilica loading, the force required to pull the yarn out from the fabric impregnated by STF increases. Impact resistance performance of Kevlar fabric is significantly enhanced due to the presence of STF. Although high velocity impact results show that by increasing nanosilica loading, the energy absorption of composites increases, but in high loading of nanosilica, the effectiveness of STF decreases. For further investigation, the energy absorption at the ballistic limit was normalized by the areal density of the neat and impregnated fabrics to give the specific energy absorption (SEA). It is found that the SEA of 15 wt.% nanosilica loading is lower compared to the neat fabric. Also the highest SEA turn out in the case of 35 wt.% STF/Kevlar composites in which the SEA is 2.3 times larger than those of the neat fabric.
This study presents the high-velocity impact performance of a composite material composed of woven Kevlar fabric impregnated with a colloidal shear thickening fluids (STFs). Although the precise role of the STF in the high-velocity defeat, process is not exactly known but it is suspected to be due to the increased frictional interaction between yarns in impregnated fabrics. In order to explore the mechanism of this enhanced energy absorption, high-velocity impact test was conducted on neat, impregnated fabric and also on pure STF without fabric. A finite element model has been carried out to consider the effect of STF impregnation on the ballistic performance. For this purpose, fabric was modeled using LS-DYNA by employing the experimental results of yarn pull-out tests to characterize the frictional behavior of the STF impregnated fabric. The simulation result is a proof that the increased performance for STF impregnated Kevlar fabric is due to the increased friction.
The adsorption state and dispersion effect of an anionic polyelectrolyte (Dolapix CE64) dispersant on the stability of nanocrystalline ZrO2 suspensions are studied by using adsorption isotherms, sedimentation, TGA, electrokinetic sonic amplitude (ESA) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) techniques. It was found that colloidal stability and surface properties of aqueous ZrO2 suspension are closely related to coverage distribution of polyelectrolyte as a function of pH on nanocrystalline ZrO2 particle surface. The amount of polyelectrolyte adsorbed on nanocrystalline ZrO2 particle surface increases greatly with decreasing pHiep (pH 3.72) and increasing the polymer concentration. The results obtained from electroacoustic (ESA) technique and AES spectra of polyelectrolyte adsorbed on nanocrystalline ZrO2 surface proved that both techniques are very effective ways to measure the distribution state of polyelectrolyte on nanocrystalline ceramic powder and reveal how the distribution affect the stability of the suspension. It was found that stabilization can be achieved only when conditions of both Dolapix CE64 ionization and ZrO2 surface coverage are satisfied, suggesting an electrosteric stabilization mechanism. In conclusion, we hypothesized a stabilization model according to the model of two particles approaching to describe the influence of the adsorbed anionic polyelectrolyte configuration on particle surface and the stability of nanocrystalline ZrO2 suspensions.
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