Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 247, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.110312
Keywords
SR-STF composites; Intelligent adaptation; Strain-rate sensitivity; Hyper-viscoelastic constitutive model
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- [12272391]
- [12232020]
- [51803197]
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This paper fabricates silicone rubber matrix composites with shear thickening fluid microcapsules (SR-STF) for advanced impact protective structure. The composites show flexibility at low strain rates but stiffness at high loading rates due to significant strain-rate sensitivity. A hyper-viscoelastic constitutive model is developed based on experimental results to predict the dynamic mechanical behavior of the SR-STF composites and provide practical application methods for STF in soft protective structures.
In this paper, silicone rubber matrix composites with shear thickening fluid microcapsules (SR-STF) with intelligent adaptation to impact loadings are fabricated for advanced impact protective structure. The composites exhibit more flexibility at low strain rates but higher stiffness at high loading rates, indicating significant strain -rate sensitivity. In addition, the initial flexibility and the strain-rate sensitivity of the composite increase with increasing the mass fraction of the STF microcapsules, which should be ascribed to the shear thickening and compressive jamming of the STF microcapsules in the composite during impulse loadings. Based on experimental results, a hyper-viscoelastic constitutive model is developed, in which the influence of the mass fraction of STF microcapsules, the strain-rate sensitivity, and the strain-hardening effect are taken into account. The paper develops a practical strategy for applications of STF in soft protective structures and provides a reliable pre-diction of the dynamic mechanical behavior of the SR-STF composites.
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