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@INPROCEEDINGS{Euchler:473237,
author = {Euchler, Eric and Bernhardt, Ricardo and Schneider, Konrad
and heinrich, gert and Tada, Toshio and Wießner, Sven and
Stommel, Markus and Wilde, Fabian and Schwartzkopf,
Matthias},
title = {{E}xperimental study on cavitation in rubber vulcanizates
subjected to constrained tensile deformation},
reportid = {PUBDB-2021-05575},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to investigate experimentally
cavitation in rubber vulcanizates subjected to constrained
tensile deformation. In fact, the formation and growth of
cavities are induced by multiaxial stress situations. In
practice, such strain constraints may occur at loaded tire
treads or in bearings and bumpers.Dedicated experimental
techniques were applied to investigate the mechanical
properties and cavitation behavior of unfilled and carbon
black (CB) reinforced styrene-butadiene-rubber (SBR)
vulcanizates. By in situ dilatometry, the cavitation process
was characterized indirectly by an increase of the pancake
specimen´s volume due to the formation and growth of
cavities. Additionally, the evolution of the cavity
population was investigated by high-resolution X-ray
microtomography of different beam sources, i.e. tube-based
(µCT) and synchrotron radiation-based (SRµCT). The data
obtained by µCT measurements show that the cavitation onset
is an unstable fracture process that changes into a stable
growth of cavities to release the induced stress
concentrations. The results of SRµCT experiments have shown
that tiny satellite cavities may appear in the walls between
neighboring microscopic cavities in the case of CB
reinforced SBR vulcanizates. Thus, the reinforcing fillers
contribute to microstructural network constraints in
addition to geometrical constraints, i.e. the shape factor
of pancake specimens. The early stage of cavitation was
analyzed by in situ small-angle-X-ray scattering (SAXS)
experiments performed at the crack tip zone of stretched
planar specimens. The results suggest a high dependency of
the resistance against cavitation on the initial properties
of the rubber network, e.g. entanglements or crosslinking
distribution.In the literature, cavitation is often
attributed to interfacial failure between the soft rubber
matrix and rigid filler particles. However, the results of
this study show that cavitation can even be detected in
rubber vulcanizates free of fillers, such as carbon black,
and free of zinc oxide, which is usually added to activate
the sulfur vulcanization. This reveals that the cavitation
phenomenon is not exclusively triggered by the
rubber-filler-interactions. The experimentally obtained
results of the present study contribute to a better
understanding of the macroscopic stress-strain relation as a
consequence of rubber network changes under highly
constrained tensile loading. Next experiments will focus on
a precise description of the origin of cavities considering
the degree of rubber network heterogeneity and the
microstructural changes before micro-cavities appear. In the
future, experimental results will be used to enhance
constitutive theories and computational analysis.},
month = {Mar},
date = {2021-03-15},
organization = {91st GAMM Annual Meeting, Kassel
(Germany), 15 Mar 2021 - 19 Mar 2021},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / Hereon / FS-PETRA-D},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)Hereon-20210428 /
I:(DE-H253)FS-PETRA-D-20210408},
pnm = {6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P03-20150101 / EXP:(DE-H253)P-P05-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/473237},
}