ABSTRACT

The unique properties of rubber make it ideal for use in a wide variety of engineering applications such as tyres, engine mounts, shock absorbers, flexible joints and seals. Developing diverse elastomeric elements for various structures involves numerical simulations of their performance, which are based on reliable constitutive models of the mater

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Ageing

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Continuum mechanical models and numerical implementation

chapter |8 pages

A colloidal elastomer model

chapter |6 pages

Cavitation erosion in UHMWPE: A three-dimensional FEM study

Brunda Kattekola & Marc Fivel Jean-Pierre Franc

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Hyperelasticity

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Micro-mechanical approaches

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Fracture, fatigue and lifetime prediction

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Mullins effects

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Design and applications

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Magneto-sensitive, ionic and electro-active elastomers