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Strain Energy Release Rates for Internal Cracks in Rubber Blocks by Y. W. Chang; A. N. Gent; J. Padovan is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Strain Energy Release Rates for Internal Cracks in Rubber Blocks about?
Strain energy release rates have been calculated by Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for growth of a small crack in a cylindrical rubber block under tension. The crack was assumed to lie in the center of the block in a plane perpendicular to its axis. The rubber was taken to be virtually incompressible in bulk and non-linearly elastic. Only small changes were found in the stress-concentrating effect of the crack for imposed tensile strains of up to 150 per cent. Secondly, the rubber cylinder was assumed to be bonded between two parallel fiat rigid plates. The stressconcentrating effect of the crack was found to increase markedly as the thickness of the bonded rubber block was reduced, but again it was only slightly dependent on the applied tensile strain.
Who reads Strain Energy Release Rates for Internal Cracks in Rubber Blocks?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Y. W. Chang; A. N. Gent; J. Padovan
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Wolters-Noordhoff; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1573-2673)
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)