ORCID
- Summerscales, John: 0000-0002-3557-0404
Abstract
Fatigue crack growth in NR/BR compound and the effect of two different types of recycled rubber powder (RRP) i.e. micronized cryo-ground 74 μm and ambient-ground 400 μm were studied using fracture mechanics approach. Absolute and relative hysteresis losses using single-edge notch tensile (SENT) specimens were determined with a displacement-controlled strain compensating for permanent set of the samples throughout the Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG) experiments. Results indicated a correlation between absolute/relative hysteresis loss and fatigue crack growth rate under specific dynamic strain amplitudes. Differences in relative hysteresis loss showed that additional energy dissipation, due to multiple new crack surfaces at the crack tip, contributes to the FCG of the RRP compounds. At higher tearing energy, beside other factors affecting the FCG performance of the RRP compounds, both higher absolute and relative hysteresis loss are slightly detrimental to the crack growth rates.
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.317.293
Publication Date
2021-05-01
Publication Title
Solid State Phenomena
Volume
317
First Page
293
Last Page
299
ISSN
1012-0394
Embargo Period
2021-05-28
Organisational Unit
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Keywords
Fatigue crack growth, Hysteresis, Natural Rubber/Butadiene Rubber Blend, Recycled Rubber Powder
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Recommended Citation
Abang, I. H., Abraham, F., Summerscales, J., & Brown, P. (2021) 'Fatigue crack growth of natural rubber/butadiene rubber blend containing waste tyre rubber powders', Solid State Phenomena, 317, pp. 293-299. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.317.293
