Abstract:Failure behavior characterization and prediction of fatigue life of elastomers became important issues due to the wide usage of elastomeric components in Aerospace applications.Thus, the understanding of the fatigue crack initiation micromechanisms and their link to the local stress or strain history were particularly essential.Crackscould initiate and propagate over a long period of time since 90% of the fatigue life was spent in the crack stage. Cracks were found to initiate at defects associatedwith the sam… Show more
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