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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Glass Mat - now gel armour
Just a thought... but how about the emerging science of using precision
aligned carbon nano-tube technology to impregnate, coat or create what you
speak of..??
The science is way beyond me but I recall reading a few articles where
claims were made that this discovery could have a profound impact on
composite re-inforcement, or generate improvements in structural
integrity...
Of course I couldn't discern the context of which you were mulling this idea
over for... but just thought I would mention it...
For what its worth, when the tech becomes mainstream and cheap enough they
claim things like...
These fibers are 20 times tougher than steel and 17 times tougher than
Kevlar
Here is a link to where I dug up some of the highlights...
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001388.html
mc
----- Original Message -----
From: <dinosnider666@spacemail.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Glass Mat - now gel armour
> t 'gel armour' recipe I found, based on Project Star.
> > >I hope to make a coating stick for structural and wear/tear purposes
> >
> > can you share more about this? Your recipe? Any web-links?
> >
> ---
> Theirs, I will.
> See end.
>
> Frankly, their approach is ass-backwards.
> Studying why we have delta bike frame as standard, when recumbent so much
better. Answer is that we thought of this new bike idea as a
horse-with-pedals. Instead of something entirely new. We use analogy to
think - and often the new idea is not analogous.
> I've studied every type of soft armour. They need a 'vision thing', to
figure it out.
> My plans have much to do with lil' bits of disparate matter types all
holding hands.
> They are still trying to figure out how to incorporate as much horse into
the bicycle as possible.
> Sigh.
> So no, not gonna go into details. But I slay many birds with one stone.
> I think I can squeeze at least one decimal digit out of their idea, at
least.
> --
>
>
> Ronald G. Egres, Jr. - Chemical Engineering Program - Ron received his
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University and his M.S. in
Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware while employed with W. L.
Gore and Associates, Inc. His Ph.D. research involves investigating the
rheological and microstructural properties of concentrated colloidal
dispersions. Of particular interest is the behavior of these fluids when
subjected to high stresses, which can result in a stress-induced shear
thickening transition in fluid microstructure to a highly viscous,
structured material. This research is motivated by the application of this
energy dissipative, fluid-to-solid transition in the preparation of
flexible, shear thickening fluid impregnated ballistic fabric composites.
Proof of concept ballistic impact testing of shear thickening fluid-Kevlar
fabric composites has demonstrated significant improvement over Kevlar
fabric alone, allowing for the fabrication of p!
> !
> rotective body armor with improved flexibility and less bulk. Such
flexible energy dissipative materials would not only have utility in
military and law enforcement applications, but could also protect astronauts
and actuated space craft components from the threat of micrometeoroid or
orbiting debris impact during space exploration.
> e-mail: egres@che.udel.edu
>