E-raamat: Constitutive Models for Rubber III: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber, London, UK, 15-17 September 2003

Forword, Lifetime prediction: Theoretical and numerical limitations for
the simulation of crack propagation in natural rubber components; Simulation
of crack propagation in rubber; A method for determining equi-biaxial fatigue
in elastomers; A methodology for test time reduction in rubber part testing;
Predicting cyclic fatigue crack growth using finite element analysis
techniques applied to three-dimensional elastomeric components; Crack
initiation in filled natural rubber: experimental database and macroscopic
observations; Lifetime prediction of multiaxially loaded rubber springs and
bushings; Fatigue life prediction and verification of rubber to metal bonded
springs; A finite element methodology to predict age-related mechanical
properties and performance changes in rubber components Ageing: Study on the
dynamic mechanical properties of aged rubbers; Effect of ageing on the
ability of natural rubber to strain crystallise; Homogenisation techniques
for the analysis of oxygen diffusion and reaction in fiber-reinforced
elastomers. Applications; Hyperelastic models; Statistical approach to
networks; Modelling compressibility and dilational effects; Dynamic
properties, filler reinforcement and the Fletcher-Gent effect; Magneto- and
electro-sensitive rubbers; Author Index, Subject Index.

J. Busfield, Department of Materials, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. A. Muhr, TARRC/Rubber Consultants, MRPRA, Brickendonbury, Hertford, UK.