Thermal effects On the evolution of the viscoelastic properties and their microstructural origin in a filled NBR under coupled thermal and cyclic mechanical loadings : P. Garnier J.-B. Le Cam

doi:10.1201/b14964-93

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Thermal effects On the evolution of the viscoelastic properties and their microstructural origin in a filled NBR under coupled thermal and cyclic mechanical loadings

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ABSTRACT

The aim of the present paper is first to characterize the change in viscoelastic properties, i.e. in the microstructure, in filled nitrile rubber under cyclic compression-compression loading conditions and at various temperatures. Then, the effect of the mechanical loading on the change in the microstructure is investigated in order to define if it influences the response or not. An original cyclic and thermal mechanical test has been carried out for this purpose.