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Advances in Understanding Thermal Effects in Rubber: Experiments, Modelling,and Practical Relevance

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2024
ISBN
9783031710551
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-71056-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19706917 bytes)
Series
Advances in Polymer Science
Volume
294
Pages
335\336
Time added
2024-09-13 15:07:41

Description

In the case of an ideal rubber, one often thinks of the linear dependence of the shear modulus on temperature as an expression of the typical entropy elasticity. However, temperature dependencies of typical technical rubber materials are known to be much more complicated. This has consequences for the practical behaviour of rubber-elastic components. One well-known instance of this is the dramatic Challenger disaster. The rubber used to seal the solid rocket booster joints with O-rings did not expand at temperatures of 0 °C or below, resulting in an opening in the solid rocket booster joint through which gas attempted to escape.

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