Session: Advanced Mechanical Testing and Predictive Testing III (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

Advanced Mechanical Testing and Predictive Testing III

Thursday, October 10, 2013: 8:00 AM-10:45 AM

Session A - Room #18 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-chairs:

William Mars, Endurica and Ed Terrill, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory

8:00 AM

RPA Testing Improves Rubber Quality and Development At Roper Pump Company

John Purcell, Sub Surface Exploration and Production Engineering, Roper Pump Company, Commerce, GA and John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH

8:30 AM

Mechanisms of Particulate Reinforcement of Rubber At Small Strains

Lewis Tunnicliffe, BSc, (Hons), MRes¹, Alan Thomas², John Stuart, PhD³, Kevin Young, PhD³ and James Busfield⁴, (1)Department of Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, (2)Queen Mary University of London, London, England, (3)Sibelco Research, Development and Innovation, Sibelco Research, Development and Innovation, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London, London, England

9:00 AM

Modulus-Fatigue Resistance of Silica-Filled Tire Tread Formulations

Ed Terrill, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Akron, OH

9:30 AM

Break

9:45 AM

Time Domain LOW FIELD NMR For Investigating Silane Coupling In A Silica Filled SBR MODEL Tread Compound

Jonathan Martens¹, Ed Terrill¹, James Lewis¹ and Richard Pazur², (1)Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Akron, OH, (2)Department of National Defence, Ottawa, ON, Canada

10:15 AM

Morphology Of Silica Reinforced Natural Rubber: The Effect Of Silane Coupling Agent

Siti Salina Sarkawi, RRIM Research Station, Malaysian Rubber Board, Selangor, Malaysia, Wilma Dierkes, Ctw, Univerity of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands and Jacques Noordermeer, Elastomer Technology and Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands