Crack initiation and evolution in vulcanized natural rubber under high temperature fatigue

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2221-2228

  Weng, Gengsheng ^a   Huang, Guangsu ^a   Lei, Hangxin ^a   Qu, Liangliang ^a   Nie, Yijing ^a   Wu, Jingrong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack initiation and evolution; High temperature fatigue; Natural rubber; SAXS; SEM

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ANALYSIS; CROSS-LINKING STRUCTURES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FT-IR STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE FATIGUE; MATRIX; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALED; SAXS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SMALL STRAINS; THERMAL OXIDATION; VULCANIZATION PROCESS;

CRACK INITIATION; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; ZINC SULFIDE;

CRACKS;

EID: 80655127663     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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