Multiaxial fatigue of rubber: Part I: Equivalence criteria and theoretical aspects

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 515-522

  Mars, W V ^a   Fatemi, A ^b  

^a Materials Science and Tire Mechanics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence criteria for rubber; Multiaxial fatigue of rubber; Multiaxial life predictions for rubber

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INTEGRATION; NUCLEATION; STRAIN; TENSORS;

EQUIVALENCE CRITERIA; MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE; MULTIAXIAL LIFE PREDICTION; SHEAR STRAIN;

RUBBER;

EID: 19044379390     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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