Due to their vibration isolation performance, elastomers are often used in industrial
applications such as bearings or seals. In service, parts made of rubber are often exposed to …

This paper presents an extensive test campaign and analysis to better understand the
fatigue behavior and the mechanisms at stake for natural rubber under complex non …

Thermo-oxidative aging (TOA) significantly impacts the fatigue life of rubbers by reducing the
fatigue strength and modifying the slope of the Wöhler curve, rendering traditional time …

During long-term environmental exposure, polychloroprene undergoes ageing. Throughout
the process of thermo-oxidation, chemical degradation leads to crosslinking in the …

Traditionally damage has been studied based on the Stored Energy approach by including
an internal variable or independently to predict failure life as epitomised by Miner's rule …

Elastomeric anti-vibration parts found in automotive parts are usually massive, usually, a
thickness of 10 mm or more is observed. Aging therefore leads to heterogeneous properties …

This study provides an analysis of the relationships between the curing parameters (curing
time and temperature, curing pressure), the crosslinks types and densities of the vulcanized …

Rubber suspension elements suffer from oxidative ageing, resulting in a change of their
mechanical behaviour. For the particular case of suspension elements of vehicles, ageing …

A novel experimental protocol was implemented to study the fatigue induced property
variation in Natural rubber compounds. The continuum damage mechanics based …

Elastomeric parts used in the automotive industry can experience irreversible changes of the
materials' properties when exposed to elevated temperatures. This phenomenon is known …