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Fracture Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics of Reinforced Elastomeric Blends

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  • Delivers insight into Fracture Mechanics of Elastomers
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics (LNACM, volume 70)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
  2. Rupture Dynamics of Macromolecules

    • Jaroslaw Paturej, Andrey Milchev, Vakhtang G. Rostiashvili, Thomas A. Vilgis
    Pages 1-42
  3. In-Situ Structural Characterization of Rubber during Deformation and Fracture

    • Karsten Brüning, Konrad Schneider, Gert Heinrich
    Pages 43-80
  4. Morphology and Micro-mechanics of Filled Elastomer Blends: Impact on Dynamic Crack Propagation

    • Hagen Lorenz, Dagmar Steinhauser, Manfred Klüppel
    Pages 81-128
  5. Linking Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Aspects of Crack Propagation in Elastomers

    • Thomas Horst, Gert Heinrich, Martin Schneider, Annegret Schulze, Mirko Rennert
    Pages 129-165
  6. Macroscopical Modeling and Numerical Simulation for the Characterization of Crack and Durability Properties of Particle-Reinforced Elastomers

    • Ronny Behnke, Hüsnü Dal, Gordon Geißler, Bastian Näser, Christiane Netzker, Michael Kaliske
    Pages 167-226
  7. Analysis of Dynamic Crack Propagation in Elastomers by Simultaneous Tensile- and Pure-Shear-Mode Testing

    • Radek Stoček, Gert Heinrich, Michael Gehde, Reinhard Kipscholl
    Pages 269-301
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 303-303

About this book

Elastomers are found in many applications ranging from technology to daily life applications for example in tires, drive systems, sealings and print rollers. Dynamical operation conditions put extremely high demands on the performance and stability of these materials and their elastic and flow properties can be easily adjusted by simple manipulations on their elastic and viscous properties.

However, the required service life suffers often from material damage as a result of wear processes such as abrasion and wear fatigue, mostly caused by crack formation and propagation.

This book covers interdisciplinary research between physics, physical chemistry, material sciences and engineering of elastomers within the range from nanometres to millimetres and connects these aspects with the constitutive material properties. The different chapters describe reliable lifetime and durability predictions based on new fracture mechanical testing concepts and advanced material-theoretical methods which are finally implemented in the finite element method for structural simulations.

The use of this approach allows a realistic description of complex geometrical and loading conditions which includes the peculiarities of the mechanical behaviour of elastomeric materials in detail. Furthermore, this approach demonstrates how multi-scale research concepts provide an ambitious interdisciplinary challenge at the interface between engineering and natural sciences.

This book covers the interests of academic researchers, graduate students and professionals working in polymer science, rubber and tire technology and in materials science at the interface of academic and industrial research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FB Werkstoffwissenschaften, Inst. Polymerwerkstoffe, Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

    Wolfgang Grellmann

  • Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Leibniz-Institut für, Dresden, Germany

    Gert Heinrich

  • Institute for Structural Analysis, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Michael Kaliske

  • Kautschuktechnologie e.V., Deutsches Institut für, Hannover, Germany

    Manfred Klüppel

  • Dresden e.V., Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung, Dresden, Germany

    Konrad Schneider

  • Polymer Research, Max-Planck-Institute for, Mainz, Germany

    Thomas Vilgis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fracture Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics of Reinforced Elastomeric Blends

  • Editors: Wolfgang Grellmann, Gert Heinrich, Michael Kaliske, Manfred Klüppel, Konrad Schneider, Thomas Vilgis

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37910-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-37909-3Published: 19 June 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52184-7Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-37910-9Published: 05 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1613-7736

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-0816

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 303

  • Number of Illustrations: 102 b/w illustrations, 119 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Solid Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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eBook USD 129.00
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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