Posted on 06/29/2018 1:25:50 PM PDT by LibWhacker
HooHoo. Good for motorcycle riding.
I should of had it on when I fell doing a roofing project last Saturday.
Now I am laid up for 4 to 6 weeks.
Right, I think this would be classified as a non-Newtonian fluid, IF it’s classified as a fluid at all. I don’t see why not; glass is technically a fluid. It just flows very, very slowly.
Interesting. You could create a body armor that is flexible, yet protects against impacts. Should make for far more comfortable protective gear, pads, etc.
Stretch Armstrong?
It’s made from POTUS Trump’s Hair?
Oops, forgot the snippet from the Story.
>>>Its bright orange, its squishy, it stretches like taffy<<<
Its made from POTUS Trumps Hair?
No, not really. f=ma Is there formula before impact.
The formula after impact is much more complicated. Some of the force is expended in
- the resistance and is reflected in the damage done to the bullet.
- the force required to harden the body armor
- the remaining force is expended over a larger area thus reducing the psi
I am sure someone with much more skills in applied physics would provide a better answer.
That would be my guess, which is worth virtually nothing.
:D
“If you were attacked with a baseball bat and you were wearing this bright orange goop under your clothes...”
Yeahhhh... Or maybe more better, howzabout we just shoot the prick with the baseball bat?
OMG! im so much gonna get that stuff. its super hero time!
Ouch! I knew a guy that fell onto a pile of bricks (new construction). He said he woke up in the ambulance with his legs taped to his shoulders. One year out of commission.
Problem will be impacts while under motion. Body armor hardens and your body is still in motion.
Does this material invalidate f=ma?
No, it cant. What it apparently does is spread f over a large surface area very rapidly.
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Check out this approach to the matter...
Not exactly lightweight or easy to wear but the inventor was willing to test it with himself in it.
Yes it would... It changes the impact vector from a point impact that would rattle the brain to a diffuse vector that would very significantly reduce the brain rattle.
It’s a non-Newtonian compound. The force is just spread out over a much larger surface.
Bicycle helmets.
Said the guy that spent twenty days hospital, both orbital sockets shattered...
And NOT a scratch on my expensive bicycle helmet.
Not even a small mark of any kind.
No cuts on my face, the helmet took most of the hit but transferred enough to majorly crack my prize Scottish gourd.
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