ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the modeling and calculation of vibration of elastomeric components. It demonstrates possible applications of this model for the prediction and calculation of the vibrations of elastomeric components. The chapter analyzes the vibrations of a single degree of freedom system, comprising a mass supported on an elastomeric isolator. The work is based on the micro-plastic rheological model for filled elastomers. The higher the excitation frequencies, the larger the number of degrees of freedom needed for correct modeling of the transmission behavior. The dynamic behavior of the elastomeric isolator depends not only on the input vibration parameters but on the static preloading as well. Filled elastomere, which are widely used in the automotive industry possess nonlinear properties, namely the amplitude dependence of the complex moduli. The application of the proposed microplastic model to the nonlinear vibration analysis of elastomeric components has been demonstrated.
