Characterizing Elastomer Fatigue Behavior for Analysis and Engineering
March 17 @ 9:00 am - March 21 @ 12:00 pm
Plan and execute effective fatigue testing programs to take your rubber fatigue simulations further.
Endurica’s Master Workshop is presented Live, Online.
Learn the essential principles and practices of material characterization for fatigue life prediction, and strategies and procedures for planning effective fatigue test programs as well as making effective use of crack nucleation and fracture mechanics tools. The Characterizing Elastomer Fatigue Behavior for Analysis and Engineering workshop includes lectures to thoroughly understand the science behind Endurica’s workflow and software solutions PLUS live demos from Axel Products lab to fully illustrate the complete material characterization process.
2025 Spring Workshop
March 17-21, 2024 ONLINE: Lectures 9:00 a.m. – Noon EDT with additional time available for questions during Office Hours 1:00 – 3:00 daily during the course duration.
This course is a LIVE training event and includes live-feed coverage of materials characterization tests underway at Axel Products. A link to the presentation of each class will be made available to registrants for their reference/review. These links will be active for seven days after the class date so attendees will have time to make up classes they may not be able to attend live.
Course Objectives
- Know the physics and factors that govern the fatigue behavior of rubber
- Use accurate models and efficient procedures to characterize fatigue behavior
- Take advantage of test strategies that minimize risk and maximize productivity
- Use crack nucleation and fracture mechanics approaches effectively
- Use characterization to inform accurate fatigue calculations
- Use characterization to diagnose and solve development issues
Course Outline
- Day 1
- Introduction
- Elastomers as Engineered Materials
- Stress-Strain Module
- Day 2
- Basic Concepts in Elastomer Fatigue
- Strategy in Fatigue Testing
- Core Fatigue Module
- Day 3
- Intrinsic Strength Module
- Reliability
- Nonrelaxing Fatigue Module (Strain crystallizing and amorphous rubbers)
- Day 4
- Rubber’s Fatigue Design Envelope
- Thermal Module
- Ageing Module
- Day 5
- Creep Module
- Cyclic Softening Module
- Fatigue Analysis