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Experimental and modelling study of the effect of temperature on shear thickening fluids

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This paper is a study of the effect that temperature has on a shear thickening fluid made from ethylene glycol and fumed silica, with 20%–26% weight fractions. Three typical temperatures, ranging from 20°C to 60°C, were selected to study the shear rate dependence of viscosity. The temperature tests showed that a high temperature increased the critical shear rate and lowered the shear thickening ratio. A viscosity function was proposed to represent the three characteristic regions in typical shear thickening fluid and to predict viscosity at different temperatures.

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  1. School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Tongfei Tian, Gangrou Peng & Weihua Li

  2. Land Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 506 Lorimer Street Fishermans Bend, Melbourne, VIC, 3207, Australia

    Jie Ding

  3. Intelligent Fluid Control Systems Laboratory, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Masami Nakano

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Tian, T., Peng, G., Li, W. et al. Experimental and modelling study of the effect of temperature on shear thickening fluids. Korea-Aust. Rheol. J. 27, 17–24 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13367-015-0003-2

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