Dilatant impact protection material - GIF

Dilatant impact protection material.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...423#post169761
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...599#post151657
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...182#post145710
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...903#post194587

That's amazing. Non-Newtonian fluids are so neat.

Here's some cornstarch and water on a speaker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zoTKXXNQIU

And here are some people that filled a pool with the stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJfppydyGHw

And some more people that did the exact same thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIUEZ3AhrVE

I saw where someone is working on using non-Newtonian fluids in speed bumps. 25 MPH and it is soft and pleasant to drive across; 30 MPH and it beats the crap out of your front end.
(Sorry I can't find the original article.)

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Originally Posted by Karl_H

I saw where someone is working on using non-Newtonian fluids in speed bumps. 25 MPH and it is soft and pleasant to drive across; 30 MPH and it beats the crap out of your front end.
(Sorry I can't find the original article.)

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You mean this one
https://www.irjet.net/archives/V8/i7...ied%20pressure.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

You mean this one

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I saw something more along the lines of USA Today reporting on the article you site. Thanks for the reference!