Impact-Activated Solidification of Cornstarch and Water Suspensions

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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Main Author: Waitukaitis, Scott R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
Subjects:
Physics.
Fluids.
Amorphous substances.
Complex fluids.
Spectroscopy.
Microscopy.
Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
Fluid- and Aerodynamics.
Spectroscopy and Microscopy.
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