Fatigue Failure of Rubber-to-Rubber Joints |
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| Authors: | Amalendu Sarkar Anil K Bhowmick |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur , 721 302 , India;2. Neolac Rubber Mfg. Co. Pvt., Ltd. , Calcutta , 700 074 , INDIA;3. Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur , 721 302 , India |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents an experimental investigation on fatigue failure of rubber-to-rubber similar and dissimilar joints made from natural rubber and EPDM. The effects of interlinking density, relative proportion of one matrix in the two-component joints, filler loading in the filled part of the joint and strain level on the fatigue life have been studied. Adhesion (peel strength) between similar and dissimilar rubber-to-rubber joints has also been investigated to attempt to determine a correlation between adhesion and fatigue failure. |
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| Keywords: | fatigue fracture rubber-to-rubber joints adhesion natural rubber EPDM peel strength |
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