DESIGN OF RUBBER FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR TEST RIG | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 10, Volume 41, No 2, March and April 2013, Page 501-516 PDF (673.35 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2013.114746 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Abdullah Mohammed* 1; Karam M. Emara1; Mahmoud M. Nemat-Alla2 | ||||
| 1Mechanical Engineering Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| 2Mechanical Engineering Department, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Fatigue behaviour of rubber is a very important characteristic due to its extensive use in many engineering applications. In applications, rubber is commonly subjected to fluctuating loads, which often lead to fails due to the nucleation and growth of defects or cracks. Many factors are known to influence the mechanical fatigue life of rubber components. There were a lot of researches that investigated the fatigue of rubber and the factors that affect the fatigue behaviour, by using many different apparatuses and arrangements. Such apparatuses and arrangements generate cyclic loading on the rubber specimen, which leads to nucleation and crack propagation to failure. In present work a new test rig has been designed and manufactured to carry out laboratory rubber fatigue test. The introduced test rig has been tested and proved to be reliable and has good repeatability. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Rubber; Fatigue life; Mechanical loading; Amplitude and Frequency | ||||
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