Fatigue life prediction of a rubber mount based on test of material properties and finite element analysis

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2304-2310

  Li, Qian ^a,b   Zhao, Jian cai ^a   Zhao, Bo ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Fatigue life equation; Finite element analysis (FEA); Rubber mount; Total principal strain

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REGION; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE LIFE EQUATION; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; FATIGUE PARAMETER; FATIGUE TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS METHOD; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NATURAL RUBBER; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; RUBBER COMPONENT; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; TEST RESULTS; TOTAL PRINCIPAL STRAIN; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; MOUNTINGS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RUBBER; SAFETY FACTOR; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67649598270     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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