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

Wednesday Afternoon Session A: Mechanics & Modeling of Rubber

Wednesday, October 13, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:15 PM

Co-chairs:

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

1:00 PM

C. M. Roland¹, Raymond Gamache, PhD² and Daniel Fragiadakis¹, (1)Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, (2)Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

1:30 PM

The Vagaries of Elastomer Service Life Predictions

C. M. Roland, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

2:00 PM

Towards An Effective Modeling of Filled Rubbers Via An Understanding of the Relationships Between Filler Dispersion and Viscoelastic Properties. Part I : Dispersion and Linear Viscoelastic Properties

Matthew Putman, Ph.D, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY and Jean L. Leblanc, Univ. P. & M. Curie (Paris 6) - Polymer Rheology & Processing, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

2:30 PM

Towards An Effective Modeling of Filled Rubbers Via An Understanding of the Relationships Between Filler Dispersion and Viscoelastic Properties. Part II : Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties and Compounds Morphology

Jean L. Leblanc, Univ. P. & M. Curie (Paris 6) - Polymer Rheology & Processing, Vitry-sur-Seine, France and Matthew Putman, Ph.D, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Limits to Poisson's RATIO

Peter Mott, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and C. M. Roland, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

3:45 PM

A Unified Theory of Rubber Friction

Nicholas Randall, Ph.D., CSM Instruments, Needham, MA, Robert Smith, Ph.D, Professional, Engineer, (PE), None, Self Employed, Mukilteo, WA and Robert Anderson, Ph., D., P.E., member, ACS, RNA Consulting, Inc, Los Altos Hills, CA

4:15 PM

On Cohesive Element Based Analysis of Rubber and Elastomeric Composites

Mark Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT

4:45 PM

Analysis of Stiffness Variations In Context of Strain-, Stress-, and Energy-Controlled Processes

William Mars, Research, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Findlay, OH