Constitutive Models for Rubber VI

Table of contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Foreword (Volume 1)......Page 14
Sponsors......Page 16
Ageing......Page 18
Accelerated ageing of polychloroprene for marine applications......Page 20
Consideration of environmental influences on fatigue tests of elastomer components......Page 26
Fatigue life prediction of aged natural rubber material......Page 32
Computational methods FEM implementation......Page 36
FE-Implementation of the concept of representative directions......Page 38
Numerical prediction of mechanical behavior of single walled carbon nanotube/rubber composites......Page 44
Ansys user defined material implementation of van der Waals model......Page 50
Filler-reinforced rubber under transient and cyclic loadings: Constitutive modeling and FEM-implementation for time domain simulations......Page 56
A computational contact model for nanoscale rubber adhesion......Page 64
Continuum mechanical models......Page 70
Permanent and voluminal strain induced by isotropic ductile damage formulation in forming processes of filled-elastomer materials......Page 72
An approach to the continuum description of the behavior of particulate elastomeric composites......Page 78
A phenomenological finite strain framework for the simulation of elastic polymer curing......Page 82
Experimental and theoretical investigations of the viscoelastic behaviour of cellular rubber......Page 88
A micro-sphere model for rubbery polymers with continuously evolving chain—ODF......Page 94
Algorithm of constant definition for a visco-elastic rubber model based on cyclic experiments, stress relaxation and creep data......Page 96
Structural-phenomenological modelling of softening and recovery of mechanical properties of elastomer nanocomposite......Page 102
A phenomenological model for the material behaviour of elastomers due to multi network chains......Page 108
Dynamic properties and vibration......Page 114
An experimental study of magneto-sensitive natural rubber components applied in a vibration isolation system......Page 116
Representation of dynamic elastomer behavior with focus on amplitude dependency......Page 122
Viscoelastic properties of filler reinforced elastomers......Page 128
Simulation of self-heating of dynamically loaded elastomer components......Page 136
Efficient dynamic modeling of rolling tyre tread blocks......Page 142
Fitting a viscoplastic time-domain model to equivalent viscoelastic materials data......Page 148
On the modelling of the frequency dependence of the material behaviour of elastomers with emphasis on the coefficient of thermal expansion......Page 154
Experimental determination of the mechanical properties of naturally aged rubber......Page 160
Modelling and simulation of dynamically loaded elastomer-mounts under predeformation......Page 166
The visco-elastic behaviour of elastomers at large pre-strains......Page 170
Experiments and characterisation......Page 176
Dynamic characterization of elastomers using impact testing......Page 178
Dynamic mechanical analysis of prestrained highly-filled elastomers......Page 184
Volume change in stretched crystallisable rubbers......Page 190
Influence of temperature on durability behavior of carbon black filled natural rubber......Page 196
Multi-axial viscoelastic deformation of carbon-black filled EPDM rubber......Page 204
Mechanical characterization of rubber from one heterogeneous test......Page 210
Experimental characterization and parameter identification of inelastic effects in filled rubber materials......Page 216
Flocculation kinetics in the light of jamming physics: New insights into the Payne-effect in filled rubbers......Page 222
Mechanical and structural characterization of rubber under one-, two- and three-dimensional load......Page 228
Stress relaxation behaviors of filled rubbers under various deformations......Page 232
Fatigue and lifetime......Page 238
Beyond Miner’s rule for the fatigue of elastomers: Experiments and modelling......Page 240
Constitutive and numerical modeling of the fatigue behavior of a filled rubber......Page 246
Lifetime prediction of rubber products under simple-shear loads with rotary axes......Page 252
Rubber component fatigue life evaluation based on FE-modelling and material testing......Page 258
Fatigue design and test on Chevron rubber springs used in rail vehicles......Page 266
Towards a new fatigue life characterization based on heat build-up measurements?......Page 272
Identifying the damaging events in a multiaxial duty cycle......Page 278
The effect of pre-stressing on the equi-biaxial fatigue life of EPDM......Page 286
Extended Wöhler curve to predict fatigue life of elastomeric components......Page 292
Hyperelasticity with volumetric damage......Page 296
Friction......Page 302
Modelling friction and abrasion in rubber......Page 304
Wet and dry friction of elastomers in advanced simulation compared to experiment......Page 312
Compression of rubber disks between frictional surfaces......Page 318
The mechanics of sliding friction between a rigid indenter and a rubber surface......Page 322
Fracture and crack propagation......Page 328
Energy release rate of small cracks under finite multiaxial straining......Page 330
In-situ SEM study of fatigue crack growth mechanism in carbon black-filled natural rubber......Page 336
Applying infrared thermography to determine heat sources at the crack tip of rubber specimens......Page 342
Structural influence on crack propagation behaviour in elastomeric materials......Page 348
Discrete modelling of fracture processes in rubber material......Page 354
The influence of the test properties on dynamic crack propagation in filled rubbers by simultaneous tensile-and pure-shear-mode testing......Page 362
Industrial applications......Page 368
Appraisal of nonlinear plasticity models for filled rubber using benchmark tests......Page 370
Temperature dependence of midsole materials......Page 378
Anisotropic hyperelastic models in Abaqus......Page 382
Investigation on the optimal specimen design for planar-biaxial materials testing of soft materials......Page 388
Layout process of pre-stressed rubber suspension bushings......Page 394
Effect of plate technology and orientation on flexographic line deformation......Page 400
Thermo-mechanical finite element analysis of a viscoelastic model......Page 406
Micro- and macromechanical approaches......Page 412
Simulation of phantom elastomeric polymer networks......Page 414
A micro-continuum-mechanical material model for failure of rubber-like materials......Page 418
Meso-scopic 3D-finite element analysis of filled elastomer......Page 426
Changes in the orientation state of polymer molecules in the space between filler particles......Page 430
Modelling the effects of various contents of fillers on the relaxation rate of filled rubbers......Page 434
A microstructure-based model of the stress-strain behaviour of filled elastomers......Page 440
A multiscale approach to model the mechanical behaviour of heterogeneous hyperelastic membranes......Page 446
Dynamic mechanical properties of strongly stretched polymer chains and networks: Different molecular models......Page 452
Multiphics and biomechanics......Page 458
A direction dependent approach to the modeling of shape memory polymers......Page 460
Modeling of myocardial splitting due to deep penetration......Page 466
Magnetoelastic anisotropic elastomers in a static magnetic field: Constitutive equations and FEM solutions......Page 470
Identification of strain energy function for magneto elastomer from pseudo pure shear test under the variance of magnetic field......Page 476
Experiment and material model for soft tissue materials......Page 482
Reinforcement......Page 488
Quantitative structural analysis of filled rubber by AFM......Page 490
Role of the interphase on reinforcement of filled rubbers: Influence of temperature, carbon black content and strain......Page 494
Non-linear elastic behavior of carbon black filler aggregates in rubber-like elastomers......Page 506
Stress softening
......Page 512
Temperature dependence of Mullins softening-healing phenomena: An outline for theoretical description based on experiments......Page 514
A micro-mechanical model for the anisotropic Mullins effect in filled rubber-like elastomers......Page 522
Experimental observation of induced anisotropy of the Mullins effect in particle-reinforced silicone rubber......Page 528
Author index......Page 534
Back cover......Page 536