INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A CORK/RUBBER COMPOSITE

This work was focused on the investigation of the mechanical properties of the ACM87 composite when subjected to a large strain. Simple tension, simple shear, simple compression, and volumetric compression tests were performed using a universal testing machine. Various strain rates were used. The material data necessary for the identification of the parameters of a finite-strain viscoelastic constitutive model, such as the Bergstrom-Boyce model, were obtained.