ISBN-13: 9780415563277 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 518 str.
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.
In a wide range of technical applications, constitutive models are needed to represent the material properties of filler-reinforced elastomers under quasistatic or dynamic, infinitesimal or finite thermomechanical deformations. Elastomers are used for products like tyres, engine and suspension mounts, seals or shock absorbers, to name a few. In industrial development processes, for example, it is profitable to simulate the behaviour of these parts under realistic operating conditions. This challenge necessitates detailed experimental investigations, the development of constitutive models representing the material behaviour in combination with techniques to identify the material parameters and efficient numerical methods. The interest in modelling the quasistatic stress-strain behaviour or the Mullins effect was dominant in the past but nowadays, the interests also include the influences of environmental conditions on the material characteristics and estimations of the product lifetime.
The most recent developments in order to represent the material behaviour of filler-reinforced elastomers under realistic operating conditions are collected in the present 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.