Rubber components subjected to fluctuating loads often fail due to the nucleation and
growth of defects or cracks. The prevention of such failures depends upon an understanding …

Future sustainability of road transportation will require substantial improvement in the
efficient use of energy by road vehicles. As new technologies being deployed reduce total …

Rubber parts in service often experience complex strain histories that can cause mechanical
failure. The ability to predict the effects of complex strain histories on fatigue life is therefore …

Natural rubber compounds filled with N330, N650 or N990 were experimentally investigated
in order to examine the effects of carbon black on the fatigue life, the hysteresis, the fracture …

The shear band is the critical component of a nonpneumatic tire (NPT) when determining the
rolling resistance resulting from the elastomer's shear friction. In an effort to reduce the …

Off-road ultra-large tires experience different modes of heat-related fatigue failure in
operation due to inherent material defects that grow into visible cracks under service loads …

High-pressure braking hose in the automobile power braking system undergoes the
complicated large deformation cyclic motion during the driver's steering operation and the …

This paper describes a new model for predicting multiaxial fatigue crack initiation in rubber.
The work is motivated by a need to predict crack initiation life in tires, based on strain …

Tyre operating temperature is an important concern for both tyre manufacturers and highway
agencies which is known to have a major influence on the tyre traction. Most of the past tyre …

Tire–road interaction addresses safety with respect to braking friction and energy efficiency
in the context of rolling resistance. These phenomena are coherent, but their engineering …