Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 177-184Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.05.021
Keywords
Magnetorheological elastomers; Fatigue; Fatigue life predictor; Equi-biaxial; Bubble inflation
Funding
- Irish Research Council (Science, Engineering and Technology, IRCSET)
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Fatigue life prediction is of great significance in ensuring magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) based rubber components exhibit reliability and do not compromise safety under complex loading, and this necessitates the development of plausible fatigue life predictors for MREs. In this research, silicone rubber based MREs were fabricated by incorporating soft carbonyl iron magnetic particles. Equi-biaxial fatigue behaviour of the fabricated MRE5 was investigated by using the bubble inflation method. The relationship between fatigue life and maximum engineering stress, maximum strain and strain energy density were studied. The results showed that maximum engineering stress and stored energy density can be used as reliable fatigue life predictors for SR based MRE5 when they are subjected to dynamic equi-biaxial loading. General equations based on maximum engineering stress and strain energy density were developed for fatigue life prediction of MREs. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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