Friction and Abrasion of Rubber-AM - Session C
Thursday, October 15, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Chair:
Christopher Robertson, Ph.D., Eastman Chemical Company
8:30 AM
Estimate the Tearing Energy during Blade Abrasion Using Virtual Crack Closure Technique
Guangchang Wu, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, Alan Thomas, Queen Mary University of London, London, England and James Busfield, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, England
9:45 AM
Limitations and Opportunities for Rubber Friction Modeling in Tire
Luciano Garro1, Oliver Albohr
1 and Christine Zimmermann
2, (1)Research and Development, Material development, Pirelli Deutschland GmbH, Höchst i. Odw., Germany, (2)Studiengänge Kunststoff- und Elastomertechnik, FHW Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
10:15 AM
Effect of Chain Architecture on Surface Fluctuations in Thin Polymer Films
Qiming He1, Suresh Narayanan
2, David Wu
3 and Mark Foster
1, (1)Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, (2)X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, (3)Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Departments, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO