Fatigue failure analysis of anti-vibration rubber spring

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-116

  Luo, Robert K ^a   Wu, W X ^a  

^a Trelleborg Industrial AVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective stress; Finite element analysis; Rubber fatigue; S N curve; Service life

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRODUCT DESIGN; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SERVICE LIFE; STRESSES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ANTI-VIBRATION RUBBER SPRING; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FATIGUE FAILURE ANALYSIS; RUBBER FATIGUE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 27244459905     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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