A non-Newtonian liquid developed in part by scientists at Warsaw University of Technology heads towards commercialisation as body armour.
Three institutions working to create a new type of body armer are in the final stages of commercialising their Shear-Thickening Fluid.
Scientists from Warsaw University of Technology, along with Institute of Security Technologies Moratex and Military Institute of Armament Technology, have developed the non-Newtonian liquid that can provide protection from bullets.
Unlike normal liquids, non-Newtonian liquids change their viscosity when forces act upon them. In the case of the Shear-Thickening Fluid it hardens and spreads the force of the impact…
