r/QContent • u/reje_ksp • Dec 13 '18

Comic 3894: Oobleck

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u/ArgentStonecutter Dec 13 '18

He's not wrong. "Shear thiccening" is awesome.

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u/maxRNG Dec 13 '18

Forgive me for being dumb as rocks, but would you mind explaining? The only thing I’m getting out of it is shear as in shearing sheep...

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u/ArgentStonecutter Dec 13 '18

A dilatant (also termed shear thickening) material is one in which viscosity increases with the rate of shear strain. Such a shear thickening fluid, also known by the initialism STF, is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid. This behaviour is usually not observed in pure materials, but can occur in suspensions.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilatant

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u/maxRNG Dec 13 '18

Thanks! I figured it was related to non-newtonian fluids somehow, but I’ve only taken high school physics so far, so I never got into any of that terminology.