A study on the material properties and fatigue life of natural rubber with different carbon blacks

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-272

  Kim, J H ^a   Jeong, H Y ^b  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Critical j value; Fatigue life; Fracture surface morphology; Hysteresis; Natural rubber; Roughness

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; HYSTERESIS; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRITICAL J-VALUE; DUMBBELL SPECIMENS; FRACTURE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TEST DATA;

RUBBER;

EID: 10444280888     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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