Rheology of Shear Thickening Fluid

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Montenegro, M (Author) Other; Campo Deaño, L (Author) Other; Galindo Rosales, FJ (Author) FEUP; Campo Deano, L (Author) FEUP; Montenegro, M. (Author) Other

Book

Title: Shear Thickening Fluid: Theory and Applications

Pages: 3-32

ISBN: 978-303125717-9; 978-303125716-2

Electronic ISBN: 9783031257179

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-B9F

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25717-9_2

Abstract (EN): Performing a complete rheological characterization of shear thickening fluid (STF) is of paramount importance from different perspectives. From the point of view of the formulation, rheology will help not only in the selection of the right particle shape and size, its concentration, the carrier fluid, etc., but also in the evaluation of the dispersing protocol and in the assessment of its shelf life and stability. Moreover, rheology provides valuable information about the mechanism responsible for the shear thickening behavior in the chosen formulation, which may be important regarding its final application. From this latter perspective, in their application in real products, STF will undergo complex flows, which are a combination of shear and extensional rates of deformation; therefore, the mere information regarding the dependence of the viscosity on the shear rate is simply insufficient to predict the performance of the STF. Finally, a complete rheological characterization is required to provide useful information for developing and validating new and more realistic constitutive models for STF. This chapter presents an extensive revision of the current state of the art regarding the rheological characterization of STF under conventional rheometric flows and non-conventional experiments. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 29