Constitutive Models for Rubber VI / Edition 1

by Gert Heinrich, Michael Kaliske, Alexander Lion, Stefanie Reese

Overview

Recent 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415563277
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gert Heinrich, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany. Michael Kaliske, Institute for Structural Analysis, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Alexander Lion, Institute of Mechanics, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Neubiberg, Germany. Stefanie Reese, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword (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.