Mahesh, V and Harausampath, D and Mahesh, V (2022) An experimental study on ballistic impact response of jute reinforced polyethylene glycol and nano silica based shear thickening fluid composite. In: Defence Technology, 18 (3). pp. 401-409.
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Abstract
The present study aims at assessing the ballistic impact behaviour of jute reinforced polyethylene glycol (PEG) and nano silica based shear thickening fluid (STF). Preparation of STF is achieved by dispersing the nano silica particles at different weight percentage loadings of 10, 20, 30 and 40 in PEG and the effect of various weight percentages loading of nano silica particles on ballistic performance of the proposed composites is studied experimentally. Rheological studies of the prepared STF's showed that at all nanosilica loading shear thickening occurred and also the shear thickening was highest at higher loading of nano silica at lower rate of shear. The study reveals that the ballistic performance of the jute fabric is enhanced with impregnation of STF. The ballistic results indicate that energy absorption of the proposed composites is enhanced with increased loading of nano silica particles and at the same time, the effect of STF was reduced. Specific energy absorption (SEA) of the neat fabric and the proposed composites was made use of for the purpose of comparing the energy absorption capabilities. It is found that the SEA of proposed composites with 10 nano silica loading is lesser than the neat fabric both in case of 3 layers and 6 layers. It was also found that proposed composite with 40 nano silica loading exhibits highest SEA compared to neat fabric and its counterparts with its SEA being 3.21 and 3.76 times highest compared to three and six layers of neat fabrics respectively. © 2021 The Authors
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Defence Technology |
| Publisher: | China Ordnance Industry Corporation |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the authors. |
| Keywords: | Aliphatic compounds; Ballistics; Energy absorption; Polyethylene glycols; Polyethylenes; Silica, Ballistic performance; Energy absorption capability; Nanosilica particles; Reinforced polyethylene; Rheological studies; Shear thickening fluid; Specific energy absorption; Weight percentages, Reinforcement |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2021 05:54 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2022 05:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68748 |
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