ABSTRACT
Due to their unique properties, rubber materials are found in multiple engineering applications such as tires, engine mounts, shock absorbers, flexible joints, seals, etc. Nevertheless, the complex nature of the behavior of such material makes it difficult to accurately model and predict the performance of these units.The challenge to correctly rep
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Invited papers
part |2 pages
Ageing
chapter |6 pages
Influence of the filler-matrix interface on ageing by γ-radiation of ATH filled EPDM
part |2 pages
Friction and abrasion
part |2 pages
Adhesion
part |2 pages
Swelling
chapter |6 pages
Swelling Effect of multiaxial mechanical loading on the swelling of rubber in biodiesel
part |2 pages
Continuum mechanical models and numerical implementation
chapter |6 pages
Modelling of the mechanical properties of rubber compounds using a two-level structural- phenomenological model
chapter |8 pages
Experimental characterization of cyclic stress–strain response and its modeling for filled SBR vulcanizates
chapter |8 pages
A Multiscale continuum damage model for cavity growth in rubberlike materials
part |2 pages
Hyperelasticity
chapter |8 pages
Unified model for Mullins effect and high cycle fatigue life prediction of rubber materials
part |2 pages
Micro-mechanical approaches
chapter |8 pages
Micro-mechanical approaches Micro-mechanical model of strain-induced crystallization for filled natural rubbers
chapter |6 pages
The role of the rubber-filler interphase in linear viscoelasticity of SBRs filled with carbon-black nano-size particles
chapter |6 pages
Rupture of filler-filler bonds in strained elastomers: A molecular dynamics investigation
chapter |6 pages
Modeling large amplitude oscillatory shear in filled elastomers
part |2 pages
Fracture, fatigue and lifetime prediction
chapter |6 pages
Fracture, fatigue and lifetime prediction Fracture behavior of rubber-like materials under classical Fatigue Crack Growth vs. Chip & Cut analysis
chapter |6 pages
Effect of strain-induced crystallization on fatigue crack growth resistance of natural rubber
chapter |6 pages
Towards an accurate description of the dissipation gradients at the micro-scale to describe the basic fatigue mechanisms
chapter |6 pages
Contributions of IR thermography and X-ray tomography to the fatigue characterization of elastomeric materials
chapter |6 pages
Fatigue damage in carbon black filled natural rubber investigated by X-ray microtomography and scanning electron microscopy
part |2 pages
Mullins effect
chapter |8 pages
Mullins effect Understanding and modelling the Mullins softening from a mechanical point of view
chapter |6 pages
Experimental investigation of the Mullins effect in swollen elastomers
chapter |6 pages
Modeling the Mullins effect in swollen rubber
part |2 pages
Strain induced crystallization
chapter |6 pages
Strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber: Kinetics and strain relaxation
chapter |6 pages
Strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber: A model for the microstructural evolution
chapter |6 pages
In situ WAXS dynamic study of strain induced crystallization kinetics of synthetic and natural rubber
part |2 pages
Thermal effects
chapter |4 pages
Effects of temperature on the mechanical behavior of filled and unfilled silicone rubbers
chapter |8 pages
Filler effects on the thermomechanical response of stretched rubbers
chapter |8 pages
Characterization of heat sources due to deformation in unfilled natural rubber
part |2 pages
Reinforcement and vulcanization
chapter |6 pages
Monte-Carlo simulations for 3D modelling of rubber reinforcement
chapter |6 pages
Synthetic layered silicates as synergistic filler additive for tire tread compounds
part |2 pages
Design and applications
chapter |6 pages
Stress-based viscoelastic master curve construction of model tire tread compounds
part |2 pages
Magneto-sensitive, ionic and electro-active elastomers