A fracture mechanics study of the fatigue of rubber in compression

Stevenson, A.

doi:10.1007/bf00020157

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“…Stevenson [4] conducted a study of fatigue crack growth of rubber in compression with a cylindrical specimen. He concluded that crack growth in compression occurs at an approximately constant rate and is restricted to the outer regions of the test specimen with high local shear strains.…”

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Material deformation and fatigue behavior characterization for elastomeric component life predictions

Zarrin‐Ghalami

Fatemi

2012

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Failure analysis and prediction of fatigue life of elastomers are important issues due to wide usage of elastomeric components in many applications. Material deformation and fatigue characterization including both crack nucleation and crack growth are typically required for such analysis and predictions. This article discusses relevant material deformation properties obtained from experiments conducted under stress states of simple tension and planar tension. Cyclic transient behavior including Mullin's effect is also discussed. Then, fatigue crack initiation approach and experimental procedure and obtained data are discussed including modeling of the R ratio effect. Finally, based on the fracture mechanics approach, fatigue crack growth test procedure and properties are presented, including a model for R‐ratio effect. It is also shown that using the crack growth approach as a total fatigue life predictor gives reasonable results, as compared with the crack nucleation approach. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Material deformation and fatigue behavior characterization for elastomeric component life predictions

Zarrin‐Ghalami

Fatemi

2012

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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“…Recently, Stevenson (22) studied the formation of cracks in bonded rubber blocks. He found cracks to initiate at the bonded surfaces under tensile stress concentrations.…”

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Nonlinear response and thermomechanochemical degradation of a urethane elastomer

Mead

Singh

Roylance

et al. 1987

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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We have studied the failure of a urethane elastomer due to cyclic compressive loading, using loading frequencies and specimen sizes for which internal heat generation is an important factor. The eventual failures were generally manifest by internal cracks growing transverse to the loading direction. A variety of experimental analyses indicate that this failure is primarily thermal, in that the temperature rise due to viscous dissipation eventually leads to a melting of the hard segment domains which act to reinforce the material. No strong indication of thermal or thermomechanical bond scission was obtained, although a progressive reduction in the rubbery modulus was noted.

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“…Stevenson and Thomas25 observed the bursting of a natural rubber balloon. Another study of Stevenson26 was about fracture mechanics study of the rubber fatigue in compression. He found that fatigue crack growth occurred in compression at an approximately constant rate, and tearing energy was restricted to the outer regions of the test pieces with high local shear strains.…”

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Microscopic mechanism of multiaxial fatigue of vulcanised natural rubber

Wang¹,

Chen²,

Wang³

2011

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

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Fatigue tests were conducted on two kinds of vulcanised natural rubber with different formulas under uniaxial and multiaxial loading. The results reveal that interfacial adhesion of material A is better, and compared with material B, fatigue life of material A is longer. Under the same engineering strain amplitude, lower fatigue life under tension-torsion non-proportional loading is due to the increase in total hysteresis energy in the torsional direction. Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed that fatigue failure is related to ligaments breakage for material B, while cavitation induced by the decohesion between zinc oxides and rubber matrix is the main cause of the fatigue damage for material A.

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A fracture mechanics study of the fatigue of rubber in compression

Cited by 25 publications

References 5 publications

Material deformation and fatigue behavior characterization for elastomeric component life predictions

Material deformation and fatigue behavior characterization for elastomeric component life predictions

Nonlinear response and thermomechanochemical degradation of a urethane elastomer

Microscopic mechanism of multiaxial fatigue of vulcanised natural rubber

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