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.
Table of Contents:
Accelerated ageing of polychloroprene for marine applications
V. Le Saux, Y. Marco, S. Calloch, P.Y. Le Gac & N. Ait Hocine
Consideration of environmental influences on fatigue tests of elastomer components
J. Spreckels, U. Weltin, M. Flamm & T. Steinweger
Fatigue life prediction of aged natural rubber material
C.S. Woo, W.D. Kim, B.I. Choi, H.S. Park, S.H. Lee & H.C. Cho
Computational methods FEM implementation - FE-Implementation of the concept of representative directions
M. Freund & J. Ihlemann
Numerical prediction of mechanical behavior of single walled carbon nanotube/rubber composites
S.K. Georgantzinos, G.I. Giannopoulos, N.K. Anifantis & P.A. Kakavas
Ansys user defined material implementation of van der Waals model
H.S. Pathak
Filler-reinforced rubber under transient and cyclic loadings: Constitutive modeling and FEM-implementation for time domain simulations
M. Rendek & A. Lion
A computational contact model for nanoscale rubber adhesion
R.A. Sauer
Continuum mechanical models
Permanent and voluminal strain induced by isotropic ductile damage formulation in forming processes of filled-elastomer materials
R. Figueredo & A. Cherouat
An approach to the continuum description of the behavior of particulate elastomeric composites
L.A. Golotina & L.L. Kozhevnikova
A phenomenological finite strain framework for the simulation of elastic polymer curing
M. Hossain, G. Possart & P. Steinmann
Experimental and theoretical investigations of the viscoelastic behaviour of cellular rubber
N. Koprowski, M. Johlitz & S. Diebels
A micro-sphere model for rubbery polymers with continuously evolving chain—ODF
C. Miehe
Algorithm of constant definition for a visco-elastic rubber model based on cyclic experiments, stress relaxation and creep data
A.G. Pelevin, B. Lauke, G. Heinrich, A.L. Svistkov & A.A. Adamov
Structural-phenomenological modelling of softening and recovery of mechanical properties of elastomer nanocomposite
A.L. Svistkov, A.G. Pelevin, A.A. Adamov, B. Lauke & G. Heinrich
A phenomenological model for the material behaviour of elastomers due to multi network chains
C. Ziegler
Dynamic properties and vibration
An experimental study of magneto-sensitive natural rubber components applied in a vibration isolation system
A. Alberdi, N. Gil-Negrete, F.J. Nieto & L. Kari
Representation of dynamic elastomer behavior with focus on amplitude dependency
H. Baaser & G. Hohmann
Viscoelastic properties of filler reinforced elastomers
M. Klüppel & J. Fritzsche
Simulation of self-heating of dynamically loaded elastomer components
V. Mehling & H. Baaser
Efficient dynamic modeling of rolling tyre tread blocks
P. Moldenhauer & M. Kröger
Fitting a viscoplastic time-domain model to equivalent viscoelastic materials data
A.H. Muhr
On the modelling of the frequency dependence of the material behaviour of elastomers with emphasis on the coefficient of thermal expansion
J. Peters, O. von Estorff & M. Achenbach
Experimental determination of the mechanical properties of naturally aged rubber
I. Petrikova & B. Marvalová
Modelling and simulation of dynamically loaded elastomer-mounts under predeformation
J. Retka & A. Lion
The visco-elastic behaviour of elastomers at large pre-strains
N. Suphadon, A.G. Thomas & J.J.C. Busfield
Experiments and characterisation
Dynamic characterization of elastomers using impact testing
P.-E. Austrell & A.K. Olsson
Dynamic mechanical analysis of prestrained highly-filled elastomers
A. Azoug, R.M. Pradeilles-Duval, A. Constantinescu & R. Nevière
Volume change in stretched crystallisable rubbers
J.-B. Le Cam & E. Toussaint
Influence of temperature on durability behavior of carbon black filled natural rubber
P. Charrier, T. Ramade, D. Taveau, Y. Marco & S. Calloch
Multi-axial viscoelastic deformation of carbon-black filled EPDM rubber
D.S.A. De Focatiis, F. Abraham & C.P. Buckley
Mechanical characterization of rubber from one heterogeneous test
T. Guélon, E. Toussaint & J.-B. Le Cam
Experimental characterization and parameter identification of inelastic effects in filled rubber materials
S. Hoffmann, M. André, T. Schmidt & E. Haberstroh
Flocculation kinetics in the light of jamming physics: New insights into the Payne-effect in filled rubbers
S. Richter, M. Saphiannikova & G. Heinrich
Mechanical and structural characterization of rubber under one-, two-and three-dimensional load
K. Schneider & A. Schöne
Stress relaxation behaviors of filled rubbers under various deformations
T. Tada, T. Mabuchi, K. Muraoka, K. Urayama & T. Takigawa
Fatigue and lifetime
Beyond Miner’s rule for the fatigue of elastomers: Experiments and modelling
A. Jardin, J.-B. Leblond & D. Berghezan
Constitutive and numerical modeling of the fatigue behavior of a filled rubber
J. Grandcoin, A. Boukamel & S. Lejeunes
Lifetime prediction of rubber products under simple-shear loads with rotary axes
R. Klauke, T. Alshuth & J. Ihlemann
Rubber component fatigue life evaluation based on FE-modelling and material testing
R. Lillbacka, E. Johnson & M. Bellander
Fatigue design and test on Chevron rubber springs used in rail vehicles
R.K. Luo, W.J. Mortel, A.D. Spinks & X.P. Wu
Towards a new fatigue life characterization based on heat build-up measurements?
Y. Marco, V. Le Saux, S. Calloch, C. Doudard, P. Charrier & N. Ait Hocine
Identifying the damaging events in a multiaxial duty cycle
W.V. Mars
The effect of pre-stressing on the equi-biaxial fatigue life of EPDM
N. Murphy, J. Hanley & S. Jerrams
Extended Wöhler curve to predict fatigue life of elastomeric components
M. Rabkin & Th. Brüger
Hyperelasticity with volumetric damage
E. Verron, G. Chagnon & J.-B. Le Cam
Friction
Modelling friction and abrasion in rubber
J.J.C. Busfield
Wet and dry friction of elastomers in advanced simulation compared to experiment
L. Busse & M. Klüppel
Compression of rubber disks between frictional surfaces
A.N. Gent, F.M. Discenzo & J.B. Suh
The mechanics of sliding friction between a rigid indenter and a rubber surface
P. Gabriel, Y. Fukahori, A.G. Thomas & J.J.C. Busfield
Fracture and crack propagation
Energy release rate of small cracks under finite multiaxial straining
M. Aït-Bachir, E. Verron & W.V. Mars
In-situ SEM study of fatigue crack growth mechanism in carbon black-filled natural rubber
S. Beurrot, B. Huneau & E. Verron
Applying infrared thermography to determine heat sources at the crack tip of rubber specimens
J.B. Le Cam, X. Balandraud, M. Grédiac, M.P. Moutrille & T. Pottier
Structural influence on crack propagation behaviour in elastomeric materials
T. Horst & G. Heinrich
Discrete modelling of fracture processes in rubber material
C. Morgner, M. Kaliske & G. Geißler
The influence of the test properties on dynamic crack propagation in filled rubbers by simultaneous tensile- and pure-shear-mode testing
R. Stoček, G. Heinrich & M. Gehde
Industrial applications
Appraisal of nonlinear plasticity models for filled rubber using benchmark tests
H.R. Ahmadi, A.H. Muhr, T. Dalrymple & S. Govindarajan
Temperature dependence of midsole materials
K. Brückner, S. Odenwald & J. Heidenfelder
Anisotropic hyperelastic models in Abaqus
S.M. Govindarajan & J.A. Hurtado
Investigation on the optimal specimen design for planar-biaxial materials testing of soft materials
J. Helfenstein, M. Hollenstein & E. Mazza
Layout process of pre-stressed rubber suspension bushings
J. Jagusch & A. Firla
Effect of plate technology and orientation on flexographic line deformation
T.V. Korochkina, J.A. Cherry, T.C. Claypole & D.T. Gethin
Thermo-mechanical finite element analysis of a viscoelastic model
A. Matsuda, Y. Mizutani & H. Shinkai
Micro- and macromechanical approaches
Simulation of phantom elastomeric polymer networks
V. Galiatsatos
A micro-continuum-mechanical material model for failure of rubber-like materials
H. Dal, M. Kaliske & L. Nasdala
Meso-scopic 3D-finite element analysis of filled elastomer
K. Akutagawa, S. Hamatani & H. Heguri
Changes in the orientation state of polymer molecules in the space between filler particles
L.A. Komar, A.L. Svistkov, G. Heinrich & B. Lauke
Modelling the effects of various contents of fillers on the relaxation rate of filled rubbers
L. Laiarinandrasana, A. Jean, D. Jeulin & S. Forest
A microstructure-based model of the stress-strain behaviour of filled elastomers
H. Lorenz & M. Klüppel
A multiscale approach to model the mechanical behaviour of heterogeneous hyperelastic membranes
L. Meunier, L. Orgéas, G. Chagnon & D. Favier
Dynamic mechanical properties of strongly stretched polymer chains and networks: Different molecular models
V. Toshchevikov, G. Heinrich & Yu. Gotlib
Multiphics and biomechanics
A direction dependent approach to the modeling of shape memory polymers
M. Böl & S. Reese
Modeling of myocardial splitting due to deep penetration
C. Forsell & T.C. Gasser
Magnetoelastic anisotropic elastomers in a static magnetic field: Constitutive equations and FEM solutions
H.S. Tuan & B. Marvalová
Identification of strain energy function for magneto elastomer from pseudo pure shear test under the variance of magnetic field
S. Ishikawa, F. Tsumori & H. Kotera
Experiment and material model for soft tissue materials
M. Staat, S. Sponagel & N.H. Nguy˜ên
Reinforcement
Quantitative structural analysis of filled rubber by AFM
I. Morozov, B. Lauke & G. Heinrich
Role of the interphase on reinforcement of filled rubbers: Influence of temperature,carbon black content and strain
A. Robisson & B. Chartier
Non-linear elastic behavior of carbon black filler aggregates in rubber-like elastomers
R. Dargazany & M. Itskov
Stress softening
Temperature dependence of Mullins softening-healing phenomena: An outline for theoretical description based on experiments
A.F.M.S. Amin & A. Lion
A micro-mechanical model for the anisotropic Mullins effect in filled rubber-like elastomers
R. Dargazany, M. Itskov & G. Weinhold
Experimental observation of induced anisotropy of the Mullins effect in particle-reinforced silicone rubber
G. Machado, G. Chagnon & D. Favier
