The dynamic response of the 57 vol./vol.% dense spherical silica particle-polyethylene
glycol suspension at high pressure was investigated through short pulsed laser induced
shock experiments. The measured back free surface velocities by a photonic Doppler
velocimetry showed that the shock and the particle velocities decreased while the shock
wave transmitted in the shear thickening fluid (STF), from which an equation of state for the
STF was obtained. In addition, the peak stress decreased and the absorbed energy …