Session: Wednesday Morning Session A: Mechanics & Modeling of Rubber (Fall 178th Technical Meeting)

Wednesday Morning Session A: Mechanics & Modeling of Rubber

Wednesday, October 13, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:15 AM

Co-chairs:

Hamid Ahmadi, TARRC and Mark Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center

8:00 AM

Carbon Black for Racing and Motorcycle Tire Treads

Irene Yurovska, Business and Technology Center, Cabot Corporation, Billerica, MA, Michael D. Morris, Cabot Corporation, Billerica, MA and Theo Al, Cabot Botlek B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands

8:30 AM

New Understanding of Interfacial Interaction, Filler Dispersion and Mechanical Strengthening of Rubber Nanocomposites through Simulation and Experimental Studies

Zhang Liqun Sr. and Liu Jun Sr., Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

9:00 AM

Microstructure-Based Modelling and FE Implementation of Filler-Induced Stress Softening and Hysteresis of Reinforced Rubbers

Hagen Lorenz and Manfred Klüppel, DIK, Hannover, Germany

9:30 AM

CANCELLED: Definition and Experimental Validation of a New Model for the Fatigue of Elastomers Incorporating Deviations From Miner's Linear Law of Cumulative Damage

Audrey Jardin, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, Jean-Baptiste Leblond, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France and Daniel Berghezan, Michelin Research and Technology Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Characterization and Comparison of the Mullins Effect of Carbon-Black Filled Rubbers at Small and Large Strains

Yannick Merckel, Ecole centrale Lille, LML - CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, Julie Diani, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, PIMM- CNRS, Paris, France, Mathias Brieu, Ecole centrale Lille, LML - CNRS, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, Pierre Gilormini, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, PIMM-CNRS, Paris, France and Julien Caillard, Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin, Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, France

10:45 AM

Laminar Flow Ratio – A New Tool for Runner Cross Section Design

Van Walworth, Research & Design Specialities, Inc., Lebanon, TN and Terry Chapin, Delphi Parkard, Warren, OH