Description
Book SynopsisAll aspects of our lives, industry, health, travel and leisure, are utterly reliant on rubber materials, yet typically this notion rarely occurs to us. Increasingly, greater demands are made on elastomeric compounds and we seek elevated performance in terms of improved physical and chemical properties. In particular, we have come to expect rubber components (tyres, vibration isolators, seals etc) to exhibit exceptional wear and fatigue resistance, often at elevated temperatures. Unsurprisingly then, the emphasis in characterising isochoric materials has shifted significantly away from understanding and modelling hyperelastic material behaviour, to a position where we can confi dently design and manufacture rubber components having the functionality and resilience to meet the dynamic loading and harsh environmental conditions that are prevalent today.
In consequence, state-of-the-art technology in terms of dynamic response and fatigue resistance are strongly represented here al
Table of Contents
Foreword
Sponsors
Invited papers
Unravelling the mysteries of cyclic deformation in thermoplastic elastomers, C.P. Buckley, D.S.A. De Focatiis & C. Prisacariu
The role of glassy-like polymer bridges in rubber reinforcement, M. Klüppel, H. Lorenz, M. Möwes, D Steinhauser & J. Fritzsche
Elastic instabilities in rubber, A.N. Gent
Mechanical characterization of rubber – Novel approaches
Modelling and simulation
Damage mechanisms in elastomers
Stress softening and related phenomena
Design and applications
Fatigue and time dependent behaviour
Test methods and analytical techniques
