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Low-Velocity Impact Response of Auxetic Seamless Knits Combined with Non-Newtonian Fluids

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 14; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/polym14102065

2073-4360

Vânia Pais, Pedro Silva, João Bessa, Hernâni Dias, Maria Helena Duarte, Fernando Cunha, Raúl Fangueiro,

Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Low-velocity impact can cause serious damage to the person or structure that is hit. The development of barriers that can absorb the energy of the impact and, therefore, protect the other side of the impact is the ideal solution for the pointed situation. Auxetic materials and shear thickening fluids are two types of technologies that have great capabilities to absorb high levels of energy when an impact happens. Accordingly, within this study, the combination of auxetic knits with shear thickening fluids by the pad-dry-cure process was investigated. It was observed that, by applying knits with auxetic patterns produced with denser materials and combined with the shear thickening fluids, high performance in terms of absorbed energy from puncture impact is obtained. The increment rates obtained are higher than 100% when comparing the structures with and without shear thickening fluids.