Study of the temperature effect of shear thickening fluid
RIS ID
81621
Abstract
This paper presents the study of temperature effect on a shear thickening fluid made of ethylene glycol and fumed silica with a 20% weight fraction. Four typical temperatures, ranging from 20˚C to 80˚C, were selected to study the shear rate dependence of viscosity. The temperature tests show that the high temperature increases the critical shear rate and lower the shear thickening ratio. A viscosity function is proposed to represent the three characteristic regions in typical shear thickening fluid and to predict the viscosity at different temperatures.
Publication Details
Tian, T., Li, W., Ding, J., Alici, G. & Du, H. (2013). Study of the temperature effect of shear thickening fluid. 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) (pp. 833-837). United States: IEEE.