Fatigue life estimation of an engine rubber mount

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-560

  Kim, W D ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Kim, J Y ^a   Koh, S K ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Engine rubber mount; Fatigue life; Finite element analysis; Green Lagrange strain; Natural rubber; Strain energy density

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ENGINE RUBBER MOUNT; GREEN-LAGRANGE STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

RUBBER;

EID: 1242321351     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.08.025     Document Type: Article

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