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Factors That Affect The Fatigue Life of Rubber: A Literature Survey
Factors That Affect The Fatigue Life of Rubber: A Literature Survey
Factors That Affect The Fatigue Life of Rubber: A Literature Survey
P
a P
max
P P
R min
m
P
min
Pmax
Time
Effect of Minimum Strain
•Filled NR
1.E-04
Transition Regime
Sub-Threshold Regime
1.E-05
Power-Law Regime
1.E-06 •Unfilled NR
1.E-07
Lindley, Int. J.
Fracture, 9, 449
1.E-08
1.E-02 1.E-01 1.E+00 1.E+01
(1973)
2
Maximum Energy Release Rate, kJ/m
Effect of Static Period
under Strain
Roland, Sobiesky,
•Polyisoprene RCT, 62, 683 (1989)
Effect of Load Sequence
ε ε
ε ε
Cycles
Sun et al,
TSTCA, 28, 196
(2000)
Effect of Waveform
(Both compounds based on BIIR)
Pulse
Sine
Compound B
Hardy et al,
RubberChem ‘99,
Paper #2, Antwerp,
Compound A Belgium, (1999)
Effect of Strain Rate
n monomer units
crosslink
Crack tip -
Undeformed L Plane of Crack
State Propagation
crosslink
Lake & Thomas,
Proc. Roy. Soc.
Lon., A, 300 , 108
(1967)
Effects of Ozone and Oxygen
CIIR Natural Rubber
da/dN
Gum
Filled with 50 phr N300
carbon black (fine)
Monotonic
strain
18% peak strain
6
37% peak strain
94% peak strain
time
Engineering Stress, MPa
2
•Progressively
Increasing Simple
Mars, Ph.D. 1 Tension,
Dissertation, U. •N = 8
Toledo, (2001) 0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1