Modeling and simulation of the dynamic behavior of EPDM rubber under stress wave loading

Physics and Modern Topics in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 137-144

  Gama, Bazle A ^a   Bogetti, Travis A ^b   Fink, Bruce K ^b   Mahfuz, Hassan ^c   Gillespie Jr , John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic behavior; EPDM rubber; Hopkinson bar simulation; Material modeling

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIEN (EPDM) RUBBER; GAUSSIAN MODEL; HOPKINSON BAR SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

EID: 4944228192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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