Impact-Activated Solidification of Cornstarch and Water Suspensions

This thesis approaches impact resistance in dense suspensions from a new perspective. The most well-known example of dense suspensions, a mixture of cornstarch and water, provides enough impact resistance to allow a person to run across its surface. In the past, this phenomenon had been linked to &q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waitukaitis, Scott R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Freely Accelerating Impact into Cornstarch and Water Suspensions
  • Dynamic Jamming Fronts in a Model 2D System
  • Speed-Controlled Impact into Cornstarch and Water Suspensions
  • Results and Conclusions
  • A: Penetration Regime in Freely Accelerating Impact
  • B: Details of X-Ray Experiments
  • C: Detailed Discussion of Added Mass
  • D: "Viscous" Model for Impact
  • E: Cornstarch Particle Modulus
  • F: 1D Model of Particles Immersed in a Viscous Liquid