Effect of Oxygen-plasma-modified Carbon Nanotubes on the Stab Resistance of Shear Thickening Fluid Impregnated Kevlar Fabrics
WANG Rui1,2,†, LI Danyang1,2,†, LIU Xing1,2, FANG Shu1,2, FU Lisong1,2, XIONG Weicheng1,2
1 School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China 2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Composites, Ministry of Education, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
Abstract: To improve the stab resistance of Kevlar fabrics and realize the lightweight of protective garments, in this study, stab-resistance material was fabricated by Kevlar woven fabrics impregnated in shear thickening fluid (STF) contained oxygen-plasma modified multi-walls carbon nanotubes (M-MWNTs). The influence of M-MWNTs on the quasi-static stab resistant performance of STF impregnated Kevlar woven fabrics was investigated. The M-MWNTs, the rheological property of M-MWNT/STF, the surface morphology, yarn pull-out force and spike and knife stab performance of M-MWNT/STF/Kevlar fabrics were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, Malvin rotational rheometer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Instron 5969 machine. After oxygen-plasma treatment, the content of sp3 hybrid carbon increased, indicating the oxygen-containing functional groups were grafted onto the MWNTs. The rheological tests showed that addition of 0.06wt% M-MWNTs caused a marked increase in the peak viscosity from 1 563 Pa·s to 3 417 Pa·s and a decrease in the critical shear rate from 14.68 s-1 to 2.53 s-1. The yarn pul-lout test showed that the yarn friction of M-MWNT/STF/Kevlar fabrics was far superior to the original fabrics. Under similar areal density, the 0.06wt% M-MWNT/STF/Kevlar fabrics could resist 972.2 N of quasi-static spike and 949.9 N of knife stab force, which were 198.1% and 260% higher than the neat Kevlar fabrics. These results revealed that the oxygen-containing MWNTs could promote the shear thickening effect of STF and increase the friction between yarns that made fabrics failure mode change from yarn slip to yarn breakage, resulting in the improvement of the stab-resistance of M-MWNT/STF/Kevlar fabrics.
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