Approximating stress relaxation properties of rubber for indentation rolling resistance calculations

Title: Approximating stress relaxation properties of rubber for indentation rolling resistance calculations
Creator: O'Shea, J.; Munzenberger, P.; Wheeler, C.
Relation: 11th International Conference on Bulk Material Storage, Handling and Transportation (ICBMH 2013). Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Bulk Material Storage, Handling and Transportation (Newcastle, N.S.W. 2-4 July, 2013)
Publisher: Engineers Australia
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2013
Description: There are many analytical and numerical models that are designed to predict the indentation rolling resistance of conveyor belts that have as their main input the relaxation properties of the physical rubber that is being modelled. Relaxation data for rubbers such as those used in the construction of conveyor belts are difficult to obtain directly and must be derived by other means. This paper examines a selection of different processes for producing relaxation data and examines the effects of the resulting relaxation data on the indentation rolling resistance predictions from a numerical finite element model.
Subject: rolling resistance; conveyor belts; stress relaxation; finite element method; rubber; viscoelasticity; stress analysis; data reduction
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1318265
Identifier: uon:23587
Identifier: ISBN:9780858259836
Language: eng
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