Study of the temperature effect of shear thickening fluid

Authors

Tongfei Tian, University of WollongongFollow
Weihua Li, University of WollongongFollow
Jie Ding, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Gursel Alici, University of WollongongFollow
Haiping Du, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

81621

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.

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.