# A NOTE ON THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-HOMOGENEOUS AND GRADED VULCANIZED RUBBERS

> Title: A NOTE ON THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-HOMOGENEOUS AND GRADED VULCANIZED RUBBERS Page Range: p.221-224 Author(s): Bilgili E File size: 50K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume: 12 Issue...

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Published: 2004-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: A NOTE ON THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-HOMOGENEOUS AND GRADED VULCANIZED RUBBERS**
 Page Range: p.221-224
 Author(s): Bilgili E
 File size: 50K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 12
 Issue No: No. 3

**Abstract**
 A theoretical analysis is made to demonstrate that the use of the standard mechanical tests is both inadequate and erroneous for the characterisation of non-homogeneous rubbers undergoing large deformations. Within the framework of non-homogeneous material models, this paper proves that boundary displacements and tractions alone are not sufficient to identify the mechanical properties of non-homogeneous rubbers, and suggests the full-field measurement of displacement-strain in deformed rubber specimens for an accurate characterisation. This is theoretically illustrated by analysing the deformation of a non-homogenous rubber slab in a standard shear test. 10 refs.

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