Structure of a shear-thickening polysaccharide extracted from the New Zealand black tree fern, Cyathea medullaris

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Wee ◽  
M Mastrangelo ◽  
Susan Carnachan ◽  
Ian Sims ◽  
K Goh
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Uronic Acid ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Tree Fern ◽  
13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Exclusion Chromatography

A shear-thickening water-soluble polysaccharide was purified from mucilage extracted from the fronds of the New Zealand black tree fern (Cyathea medullaris or 'mamaku' in Māori) and its structure characterised. Constituent sugar analysis by three complementary methods, combined with linkage analysis (of carboxyl reduced samples) and 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) revealed a glucuronomannan comprising a backbone of 4-linked methylesterified glucopyranosyl uronic acid and 2-linked mannopyranosyl residues, branched at O-3 of 45% and at both O-3 and O-4 of 53% of the mannopyranosyl residues with side chains likely comprising terminal xylopyranosyl, terminal galactopyranosyl, non-methylesterified terminal glucopyranosyl uronic acid and 3-linked glucopyranosyl uronic acid residues. The weight-average molecular weight of the purified polysaccharide was ~1.9×106Da as determined by size-exclusion chromatography coupled with multi-angle laser light scattering (SEC-MALLS). The distinctive rheological properties of this polysaccharide are discussed in relation to its structure. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

Development of Flexible Extremities Protection utilizing Shear Thickening Fluid/Fabric Composites

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh Hosur ◽  
Norman Wagner ◽  
C. T. Sun ◽  
Vijaya Rangari ◽  
Jack Gillespie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluid ◽  
Fabric Composites

Research and Applications of Shear Thickening Fluids

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Ding ◽  
Weihua Li ◽  
Shirley Z. Shen
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

scholarly journals Viscous-like forces control the impact response of shear-thickening dense suspensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc-Andre Brassard ◽  
Neil Causley ◽  
Nasser Krizou ◽  
Joshua A. Dijksman ◽  
Abram. H. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Impact Response ◽  
Dense Suspensions ◽  
The Impact

Abstract

Dynamic compressive response of 3D GFRP composites with shear thickening fluid (STF) matrix as cushioning materials

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832098424
Author(s):  
Mohsen Jeddi ◽  
Mojtaba Yazdani
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Low Velocity Impact ◽  
Gfrp Composites ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluid ◽  
Compressive Response ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids

Whereas most previous studies have focused on improving the penetration resistance of Shear Thickening Fluids (STFs) treated composites, in this study, the dynamic compressive response of single and multi-ply 3 D E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites with the STF matrix was investigated by using a drop-weight low-velocity impact test. The experimental results revealed the STF improved the compressive and cushioning performance of the composites such that with increasing its concentration, further improvement was observed. The five-ply composite containing the STF of 30 wt% silica nanoparticles and 1 wt% carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reduced the applied peak force by 56% and 26% compared to a steel plate and five-ply neat samples, respectively. A series of repeated impacts was performed, and it was found that the performance of high-concentration composites is further decreased under this type of loading.

Altering and eliminating irreversible shear thickening of fumed silica slurries using spherical silica

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehsan Akbari Fakhrabadi ◽  
Chloë A. Bullard ◽  
Matthew W. Liberatore
Keyword(s):  
Fumed Silica ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Spherical Silica

scholarly journals Interaction network analysis in shear thickening suspensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcio Gameiro ◽  
Abhinendra Singh ◽  
Lou Kondic ◽  
Konstantin Mischaikow ◽  
Jeffrey F. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Interaction Network

scholarly journals Enhancing shear thickening

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasaman Madraki ◽  
Sarah Hormozi ◽  
Guillaume Ovarlez ◽  
Élisabeth Guazzelli ◽  
Olivier Pouliquen
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening

scholarly journals Heat Transfer in Nanomaterial Suspension (CuO and Al2O3) Using KKL Model

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Muhammad Awais ◽  
Saeed Ehsan Awan ◽  
Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz ◽  
Wasim Ullah Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Nonlinear Conservation Laws ◽  
Error Analyses ◽  
Flexible Surface ◽  
Flux Model

Novel nonlinear power-law flux models were utilized to model the heat transport phe-nomenon in nano-micropolar fluid over a flexible surface. The nonlinear conservation laws (mass, momentum, energy, mass transport and angular momentum) and KKL cor-relations for nanomaterial under novel flux model were solved numerically. Computed results were used to study the shear-thinning and shear-thickening nature of nano pol-ymer suspension by considering n-diffusion theory. Normalized velocity, temperature and micro-rotation profiles were investigated under the variation of physical parame-ters. Shear stresses at the wall for nanoparticles (CuO and Al2O3) were recorded and dis-played in the table. Error analyses for different physical parameters were prepared for various parameters to validate the obtained results.

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