Mullins' effect and the strain amplitude dependence of the storage modulus (Q1205014)

A micromechanically based continuum damage model for carbon black filled elastomers exhibiting Mullins' effect is extended to incorporate viscous response within the framework of a theory of viscoelasticity which includes the classical BKZ model as a particular case and is not restricted to isotropy. The resulting model is shown to qualitatively predict the important effect of a strain amplitude dependent storage modulus even without the inclusion of healing effects.