Physical Testing of Rubber

Physical testing of Rubber is an essential reference for anyone concerned with evaluating rubber materials or with using material property data for design. There is much new and updated material, due to improvements made to apparatus by the introduction of advanced instrumentation and automation, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, R.P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1996, 1996
Edition:3rd ed. 1996
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General considerations
  • 3 Standards and standards organizations
  • 4 Preparation of test pieces
  • 5 Conditioning and test atmospheres
  • 6 Tests on unvulcanized rubbers
  • 7 Density and dimensions
  • 8 Short-term stress and strain properties
  • 9 Dynamic stress and strain
  • 10 Friction and wear
  • 11 Creep, relaxation and set
  • 12 Fatigue
  • 13 Electrical tests
  • 14 Thermal properties
  • 15 Effect of temperature
  • 16 Environmental resistance
  • 17 Permeability
  • 18 Adhesion, corrosion and staining
  • Appendix A: National standards bodies (ISO members)
  • Appendix B: Thermal equilibrium times for non-ambient testing