Constitutive Models for Rubber VI

Gert Heinrich, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany. Michael Kaliske, Institute for Structural Analysis, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Alexander Lion, Institute of Mechanics, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Neubiberg, Germany. Stefanie Reese, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

• Foreword (Volume 1); Ageing; Accelerated ageing of polychloroprene for marine applications; Consideration of environmental influences on fatigue tests of elastomer components; Fatigue life prediction of aged natural rubber material; Computational methods FEM implementation; Continuum mechanical models; Dynamic properties and vibration; Experiments and characterisation; Fatigue and lifetime; Friction; Fracture and crack propagation; Industrial applications; Micro- and macromechanical approaches; Multiphics and biomechanics; Reinforcement; Stress softening.