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Public Survey on Liquid Armor Technology

Survey about public perceptions of shear-thickening fluids and their potential use in protective equipment.

In short:

Shear-thickening fluids (sometimes referred to as liquid armor) are fluids that become stiff when hit or impacted, then return to a flexible state. They are being developed for helmets, body armor, knee/elbow pads, and other protective gear. Please share your thoughts in this 5-7 minute survey.

Description

You are invited to participate in a research survey on public perceptions of shear thickening fluid (STF) technology. This survey is part of a doctoral research project at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

Purpose of the study

The aim is to understand how people perceive the benefits, risks, and acceptability of STF-based protective products (e.g., body armor, helmets, sports protection). Your responses will help inform academic research on technology acceptance and communication.

What participation involves

The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete.
It includes questions about your awareness, opinions, and willingness to use or support such technologies.
Participation is entirely voluntary.

Data handling and privacy

Your responses are anonymous. The survey does not collect your name, email address, or other direct identifiers unless you voluntarily provide them in open-ended questions.
IP addresses are anonymized and cannot be linked back to you.
Data will be stored on a secure cloud service and accessed only by the research team.
Results will be analyzed in aggregate. Any quotations used in reports or publications will be anonymized and presented in a way that does not identify individual participants.
Data will be retained until project end and then deleted/archived in line with TUHH’s data retention policy.

Voluntary participation and withdrawal

Participation is voluntary.
You may stop the survey at any time before submitting your responses. Once submitted, responses cannot be linked back to you, so withdrawal after submission is not possible.

Contact information

If you have questions about the study or any concerns about your rights as a research participant, you may contact:

Mohammad Shirani, mohammad.shirani[at]tuhh.de

Consent

By clicking “Next” below, you confirm that:

You are at least 18 years old.
You have read this information.
You voluntarily agree to participate in this survey.

There are 16 questions in this survey.

This survey is anonymous.

The record of your survey responses does not contain any identifying information about you, unless a specific survey question explicitly asked for it.

If you used an identifying access code to access this survey, please rest assured that this code will not be stored together with your responses. It is managed in a separate database and will only be updated to indicate whether you did (or did not) complete this survey. There is no way of matching identification access codes with survey responses.

You must confirm that you have read the information and agree to participate before continuing.

I have read the information above and agree to participate in this survey.