WoD 15 - Rubber Fatigue DOES NOT EQUAL Metal Fatigue
Increasing mean strain improves fatigue life?!?
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There are many ways that the fatigue behavior of rubber differs from that of metals. This presentation covers one of the most astonishing differences: the tendency of larger mean strains to significantly INCREASE the fatigue life of some rubbers!
Find out:
- How far can you push this counter-intuitive effect to gain a performance advantage in your applications?
- How can you accurately measure and anticipate the effect via testing and simulation?
- What are the physics governing the effect?
- Why is Critical Plane Analysis necessary to accurately predict fatigue life for large mean strains?
- What is the temperature dependence of the effect?
Get answers to all of these questions and get ready to get durability right!