The Role of Filler Networking in Fatigue Crack Propagation of Elastomers under High-Severity Conditions

✍ Scribed by Manfred Klüppel

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 664 KB
• Volume: 294
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1438-7492
• DOI: 10.1002/mame.200800263

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Structural parameters of the filler network have been evaluated by fitting quasi‐static stress/strain cycles to the dynamic flocculation model. It is found that the size of filler clusters as well as the strength of filler–filler bonds increase with filler loading and carbon black activity (specific surface). This correlates with the behavior of the tear resistance obtained for pulsed loading under high‐severity conditions, implying that the characteristics of the filler network govern the fracture properties of filled elastomers. The behavior of the power law exponent of fatigue crack propagation versus tearing energy can be explained by flash temperature effects in the crack tip area.

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