Abstract
This paper describes the dependence on test parameters of the fatigue resistance of EPDM. Fatigue was investigated using dumbbell specimens under load control at 1 Hz until failure. Tests were made in order to create a common Wöhler (S-N) curve while increasing the stress amplitude and also to show the influence of increasing minimum stress at constant stress amplitude on fatigue properties. The results of these tests confirmed the well known amplitude dependence of fatigue life in filled rubbers. An additional significant influence on fatigue life is seen to be the minimum stress applied during each cycle to these materials. Fatigue life is not dependent on strain crystallisation in EPDM as it is for natural rubber. The results of this research give component designers the opportunity to increase the fatigue lives of components made from this material.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 421-425 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |