Strain Rate-dependent Behavior of Uncured Rubber: Experimental investigation and constitutive modeling

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Abstract

The strain rate dependence of uncured rubber is investigated through a series of tensile tests (monotonic, multistep relaxation, cyclic creep tests) at different strain rates. In addition, loading/unloading tests in which the strain rate is varied every cycle are carried out to observe their dependence on the deformation history. A strain rate–dependent viscoelastic–viscoplastic constitutive model is proposed with the nonlinear viscosity and process-dependent recovery properties observed in the test results. Those properties are implemented by introducing evolution equations for additional internal variables. The identified material parameters capture the experiments qualitatively well. The proposed model is also evaluated by finite element simulations of the building process of a tire, followed by the in-molding.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-199
Number of pages25
JournalRubber Chemistry and Technology: RC&T
Volume95
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85135868195
ORCID /0000-0002-2124-9521/work/172084660

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