The use of hydrogen as a fuel is increasing exponentially, and the most economical way to
store and transport hydrogen for fuel use is as a high-pressure gas. Polymers are widely …

In order to predict damage and failure in elastomeric media, a new physically-based model
based upon a multiscale approach is proposed. The behavior of polymer chains is …

In the present contribution, the relationship between the fatigue life of styrene-butadiene
rubber (SBR) and the stretch amplitude was established. Focusing on the multiaxial loading …

Cyclically loaded rubbers exhibit a complex history-dependent response characterized by
fatigue-induced stress-softening and hysteresis along with dissipative heating. The coupling …

Requiring both stress and energy conditions to be met simultaneously proved key to
modeling brittle crack formation at singular and nonsingular stress concentrations in linear …

The purpose of this study is to give an insight on the existing fatigue criteria for rubbers and
their capability to predict the fatigue life of a carbon-filled styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) …

This contribution presents a continuum damage mechanics model for the high-cycle fatigue
life prediction of rubber-like materials. The proposed model is an extension of that proposed …

Filled rubber materials exhibit a complex macroresponse characterized by stress softening,
hysteresis, and dissipative heating when they are cyclically loaded. The relationship of these …

This study aims to reveal the internal damage evolution process in a transparent ethylene
propylene diene rubber (EPDM) under high-pressure hydrogen cycles (9 and 15 MPa) …

Soft dielectric elastomers can be easily deformed when they are subjected to
electromechanical loadings. The process of large deformation accompanies highly …