Momentum transfer on impact damping by liquid crystalline elastomers

Abstract The effect of elastomeric damping pads, softening the collision of hard objects, is investigated comparing the reference silicone elastomer and the polydomain nematic liquid crystalline elastomer, which has a far superior internal dissipation mechanism. We specifically focus not just on the...

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Main Authors: Hongye Guo, Andrew Terentjev, Mohand O. Saed, Eugene M. Terentjev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37215-9