CorkSTF mu fluidics - A novel concept for the development of eco-friendly light-weight energy absorbing composites

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Galindo Rosales, FJ (Author) FEUP; Martinez Aranda, S (Author) Other; Campo Deano, L (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Materials and Design

Vol. 82

Pages: 326-334

ISSN: 0261-3069

Publisher: Elsevier Science

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-39R

DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.12.025

Abstract (EN): CorkSTF mu fluidics are environmentally friendly composites consisting of a laminar sheet of compacted micro-agglomerated cork engraved with a network of microchannels by laser and filled with a concentrated aqueous solution of cornstarch (shear thickening fluid). Thus the mechanical properties of these composites will result from the combination of the mechanical properties of the micro-agglomerated of cork and the enhanced shear thickening response of the STF flowing through the network of microchannels. In this work we have performed low velocity impact tests using a drop weight testing machine in order to asses the improvement of these composites with regards to the micro-agglomerated of cork alone. A numerical analysis was also performed and allowed to understand how shear thickening behavior is triggered by the appropriate combination microchannels' size and the inlet velocity. Thus, for the 60P/40S/M sample, the peak force was larger than the one given by the cork sheets without engraved microchannel nor STF.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9