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Book SynopsisRecent developments in order to represent the material behaviour of filler-reinforced elastomers under realistic operating conditions are collected in this volume. Special topics are finite element simulations and methods, dynamic material properties, experimental characterization, lifetime prediction, friction, multiphysics and biomechanics, reinforcement, ageing, fracture and fatigue as well as micro- and macromechanical approaches. Constitutive Models for Rubber VI is of interest to research and development engineers in the industry, and to postgraduates and researchers in all disciplines of engineering and materials science.
Table of ContentsForeword (Volume 1); Ageing; Accelerated ageing of polychloroprene for marine applications; Consideration of environmental influences on fatigue tests of elastomer components; Fatigue life prediction of aged natural rubber material; Computational methods FEM implementation; Continuum mechanical models; Dynamic properties and vibration; Experiments and characterisation; Fatigue and lifetime; Friction; Fracture and crack propagation; Industrial applications; Micro- and macromechanical approaches; Multiphics and biomechanics; Reinforcement; Stress softening.
