Description of fatigue damage in carbon black filled natural rubber

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1031-1038

  Le Cam, Jean Benoǐt ^a   Huneau, B ^b   Verron, E ^b  

^a IFMA/UBP   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Elastomer; Fatigue damage; Strain induced crystallization

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRYSTALLIZATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; STEEL STRUCTURES;

CRACK GROWTH; DIFFERENT DAMAGES; FATIGUE LIFE IMPROVEMENTS; LOADING CONDITIONS; NATURAL RUBBERS; RUBBER FATIGUES; SAMPLE FAILURES; UNIAXIAL LOADINGS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 58149166616     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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