Finite viscoelasticity of filled rubbers: The effects of pre-loading and thermal recovery

DOI10.1007/S001610100073MaRDI QIDQ1864154zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Aleksey D. Drozdov, Al Dorfmann

Publication date 17 March 2003

Published in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0110269

zbMATH Keywords

constitutive equationscrystallization of macromoleculesjunctionsparticle-reinforced rubberrelaxation spectrumtensile relaxation teststhermodynamicstransient networksviscoelastic elastomers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear constitutive equations for materials with memory (74D10) Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05)

Abstract: Constitutive equations are derived for the viscoelastic behavior of filled elastomers at isothermal loading with finite strains. A particle-reinforced rubber is thought of as a composite where regions with low concentrations of junctions between chains are randomly distributed in the bulk material. The onset of these inclusions is associated with the inhomogeneity in spatial distribution of a cross-linker during the mixing process. With reference to the theory of transient networks, the time-dependent response of an elastomer is modelled as thermally activated processes of breakage and reformation of chains in domains with low concentrations of junctions, whereas junctions in the bulk medium are treated as permanent. Stress-strain relations are developed by using the laws of thermodynamics. Adjustable parameters in the constitutive equations are found by fitting experimental data in tensile relaxation tests for several grades of unfilled and carbon black filled natural rubber. It is demonstrated that (i) the average relaxation time noticeably grows with the elongation ratio, which is explained by mechanically-induced crystallization of strands, and (ii) the relaxation spectrum of a filled elastomer is not affected by mechanical pre-loading and thermal recovery at elevated temperatures.

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