Free volume evolution equation for physical ageing of filler reinforced rubber
2019 (English)In: Constitutive Models for Rubber XI - Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber, 2019, CRC Press/Balkema , 2019, p. 548-553Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Change in the free volume of an elastomer is modelled to predict the physical ageing of filler reinforced rubber by a nonlinear, fractional differential equation as a function of physical ageing temperature and physical ageing time. Elastomers undergo physical ageing after a temperature alteration when the molecules, out of thermodynamic equilibrium, tend to recover their equilibrium state resulting in the evolution of free volume towards its equilibrium value. The effects of physical ageing were thought to be restricted to temperature changes at low temperatures. Conversely, it has been discovered that for the case of filled elastomers, physical ageing is also associated to temperature alterations at normal temperatures. In this paper, a novel free volume differential equation for physical ageing of filled rubbers is developed. The developed free volume equation can then be used in the constitutive equations to predict the material properties for filler reinforced rubber more accurately.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
CRC Press/Balkema , 2019. p. 548-553
Keywords [en]
Constitutive equations, Constitutive models, Differential equations, Fillers, Free volume, Nonlinear equations, Plastics, Reinforcement, Temperature, Equilibrium state, Equilibrium value, Filled elastomers, Fractional differential equations, Free-volume evolution, Reinforced rubber, Temperature changes, Thermodynamic equilibria, Rubber
National Category
Physical Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-274912DOI: 10.1201/9780429324710-97ISI: 000552721500097Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85079239875OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-274912DiVA, id: diva2:1436953
Conference
11th European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber, 2019, 25 June 2019 through 27 June 2019, Nantes, France
Note
QC 20200608
2020-06-082020-06-082022-06-26Bibliographically approved