Multiaxial fatigue of rubber: Part II: Experimental observations and life predictions

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-538

  Mars, W V ^a   Fatemi, A ^b  

^a Materials Science and Tire Mechanics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial torsion fatigue tests of rubber; Correlation of multiaxial fatigue data of rubber

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; MECHANICS; NUCLEATION; STRAIN; TORSION TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS;

AXIAL TORSION FATIGUE TEST; CRACK NUCLEATION; MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE; SHEAR STRAIN;

RUBBER;

EID: 19044367907     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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