Smart Armour

I really dont have the breasts to wear a suit like that

could never do it justice

This body armour lark has come a long way from Bazza shoving some old visors up the back of his leathers

Sounds like it based on the principles of a non-newtonian liquid such as custard.

Im sure youve all heard or seen this but, make a bowl of custard (important that its cornflour) and make it slight thickier than you would normally have custard. Stir it take the spoon out let it settle then get a wooden spoon and smack it hard. If youve not done or seen this before you will suprised at the outcome.

[northwind]

Custard everywhere. SURPRISE!

I thought it was ment to go hard only on the impact, afterwards it goes back to its flexible state.

[Spiderman]

Well, i obviously want one.

And i got the six pack for it too.
just need to get it from the fridge first

Originally Posted by Grinch

I thought it was ment to go hard only on the impact, afterwards it goes back to its flexible state.

I think it works on the principle that the molecules within the material slide past each other at low applied forces such as movement and as the forces increase the difficulty with which they pass each other increases. Commonly seen in liquids such as water or pertrol, this resistant force doubles as the force it is hit with doubles. As this relationship was predicted and observed by newton they are known as newtonian fluids. A non-newtonian fluid such as cornflour paste (custard) dont exhibit this behavour and the resistant to applied forces between the molecules can be up to eight times increased on twice the applied force. This is why you can stir it with a spoon like a normal thick fluid, however if you tried to hit it hard it would be like hitting a solid material. I can only assume that the fluid that they have mixed the polymer with within the suits exhibits the same non-newtonian behaviour.

Northwind I thought your kitchen was covered in custard anyway from other certain practices you got up to

[northwind]

Love custard's different.

Originally Posted by Grinch

I thought it was ment to go hard only on the impact, afterwards it goes back to its flexible state.

aye

I bought some leathers from Hideout and whilst I was in the shop, I started looking at the protection they came with. It looked just like floppy rubber, and I said so.
The chap there produced a sales gimmick device, presumably given to him by the supplier of the "rubber". He had 2 balls (!!!), one made of rubber, one of this protective stuff. He dropped the rubber ball on the hard floor, and it bounced up again, as one would expect.
The other ball, identical size, was dropped from a similar height and it landed like a brick, bouncing an insignificant distance. Sounds exactly like this. Apparently this rubber went hard when it underwent a shock, acting like armour, and then going back to the softer form immediately afterwards.
I seem to remember it was made by a company in Austria.

My wife thought it was a good idea, so I bought it. Hopefully it'll be a waste of money and I never need to test it.

Rgds

Rupert