ABSTRACT
Studies carried out in the recent years have brought to light the physical phenomena governing fatigue life of rubber (Cam et al. 2004; Le Gorju 2007). It turns out to be driven by the growth of small cavities transforming then into small cracks and propagating throughout the material up to a critical size that leads to a major loss of material properties. The propagation of these small cracks represents the main stage of fatigue life.
