A literature survey on fatigue analysis approaches for rubber

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 949-961

  Mars, W V ^a   Fatemi, A ^b  

^a Materials Science and Tire Mechanics   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Crack nucleation; Fatigue life predictions; Rubber fatigue

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEFECTS; NUCLEATION; RUBBER;

RUBBER FATIGUE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0036722001     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(02)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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