Correlation between the acoustic and dynamic mechanical properties of natural rubber foam: Effect of foaming temperature

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 505-511

  Najib, N N ^a   Ariff, Z M ^a   Bakar, A A ^a   Sipaut, C S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Natural rubber; B. Foam; E. Elastic behavior

Indexed keywords

B. FOAM; BASE MATRIX; CELL SIZE; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DAMPING PROPERTY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; FOAM CELLS; FOAM MATERIAL; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; HIGH TRANSMISSION LOSS; NATURAL RUBBER; NATURAL RUBBERS; PER UNIT VOLUME; RELATIVE DENSITY; SODIUM BICARBONATES; SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; STORAGE MODULI;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; BIOMECHANICS; BLOWING AGENTS; DAMPING; RUBBER; SODIUM;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77958486555     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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