Dilatant fluids and their use in body armour.
Dilatancy is a material property that most people will not have heard of. It is not a common property among natural materials; however, dilatant materials can be very useful in a number of applications.
The application I shall be investigating is the use of dilatant fluids in body armour.
But first, what are dilatant fluids?
The application I shall be investigating is the use of dilatant fluids in body armour.
But first, what are dilatant fluids?