Friday, January 13, 2023

Kevlar broken samples from dynamic stabbing zoomed-in!

 Kevlar broken samples from dynamic stabbing zoomed-in!




Research project "Dynamic/quasi-static stab-resistance andmechanical properties of soft body armourcomposites constructed from Kevlar fabrics andshear thickening fluids" published by Jianbin Qin, Guangcheng Zhang, Lisheng Zhou, Jiantong Li and Xuetao Shi, investigated how different quantities of shear thickening fluid (STF) affect the knife-stabbing resistance and the quasi-static mechanical properties of kevlar composite samples.


This collage shows photographs and SEM images of broken samples from the dynamic stabbing tests. (a), (d), (g) and (j) are theneat Kevlar fabric; (b), (e), (h) and (k) are the composite with 36.23 wt% STF; (c), (f), (i) and (l) are the composite with 103.79 wt% STF.


The results show that the shear thickneing fluid positively influenced the properties of the samples!


Source:managing composites


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