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Shear Thickening Fluid Integrated Sandwich Structures for Vibration Isolation

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Shear Thickening Fluid

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Shear thickening fluid (STF) is a non-Newtonian material in which effective viscosity increases with increasing shear rate. STF characteristics have the potential to be benefited in engineering structures. In this chapter, the effect of STF in sandwich structures for vibration isolation purposes has been discussed. First, an introduction to STF, sandwich structures, and how it controls the vibrations are discussed. Then, the damping and vibration isolation was discussed. Furthermore, as a case study of vibration isolation by STF, sandwich structures consisting of GFRP facesheets and cork core layers were designed. Next, to integrate STFs into the structure, grooves were created on the core layer, and two types of STFs (20 wt% and 40 wt% SiO2) were injected into the grooves. The vibration damping properties of sandwich structures were then discussed. The findings suggest that STF can sharply increase the structural damping of sandwich structures.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Mohammad Rauf Sheikhi

  2. State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Shaanxi ERC of NDT and Structural Integrity Evaluation, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

    Mohammad Rauf Sheikhi & Zhenmao Chen

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Mehmet Alper Sofuoğlu

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Sheikhi, M.R., Sofuoğlu, M.A., Chen, Z. (2023). Shear Thickening Fluid Integrated Sandwich Structures for Vibration Isolation. In: Gürgen, S. (eds) Shear Thickening Fluid. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35521-9_3

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