A thorough and critical review on Shear Thickening Fluids (STFs) is presented based on a literature survey. The rheological properties of STFs are discussed considering many factors affecting shear thickening behavior and the use of STFs in protective systems is reviewed. The main focus of this review is multi-phase STFs, relatively new to the literature (in the last five years). Multi-phase STFs include a second phase in suspensions and the influences of this additional phase on rheological behavior and protective applications are discussed extensively. Based on this extended review, STF do benefit protective applications, but the major contribution is not driven by the shear thickening behavior. Rather, STFs are responsible for the increase in friction along fabrics and enhanced fiber/yarn coupling in fabric based protective systems. As a result, of these effects, the load transfer is spread over a wider area and penetration depth is lowered in an impacted structure.

基于文献调查，对剪切增稠剂（STF）进行了全面而严格的审查。考虑到许多影响剪切增稠行为的因素，讨论了STF的流变特性，并综述了STF在防护系统中的使用。本综述的主要重点是多阶段STF，这在文献中（在过去五年中）相对较新。多相STF包括悬浮液中的第二相，并且对该附加相对流变行为和保护应用的影响进行了广泛讨论。根据此扩展的评论，STF确实有益于保护性应用，但主要的贡献不是受剪切增​​稠行为的驱动。相反，STF会导致沿织物的摩擦力增加，并在基于织物的保护系统中增强纤维/纱的耦合。因此，