Beschreibung:
Including recent developments in material behaviour of filler-reinforced elastomers under realistic operating conditions, this volume is of interest to research and development engineers in the industry, and to postgraduates and researchers in all disciplines of engineering and materials science.
Foreword (Volume 1); Ageing; Accelerated ageing of polychloroprene for marine applications; Consideration of environmental influences on fatigue tests of elastomer components; Fatigue life prediction of aged natural rubber material; Computational methods FEM implementation; Continuum mechanical models; Dynamic properties and vibration; Experiments and characterisation; Fatigue and lifetime; Friction; Fracture and crack propagation; Industrial applications; Micro- and macromechanical approaches; Multiphics and biomechanics; Reinforcement; Stress softening.