Fatigue life analysis of an exhaust mount

Constitutive Models for Rubber IV - Proceedings of the 4th European Conference for Constitutive Models for Rubber, ECCMR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 23-29

  Mars, W V ^a   Kingston, J G R ^b   Muhr, A ^b   Martin, S ^c   Wong, K W ^d  

^a Materials Science and Tire Mechanics   (United States)

^b TARRC   (United Kingdom)

^c Premier Automotive Group   (United Kingdom)

^d Jebco ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; FAILURE PROCESS; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; INTERFERENCE FIT; LOADING CYCLES; LOADING HISTORY; MOUNTING HOLES; PREDICTION METHODOLOGY; R RATIO; RUBBER COMPONENT; RUBBER COMPOUNDS; STRESS-STRAIN;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; RUBBER;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 71549120519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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