New test approach and evaluation of dynamic and thermal parameters of elastomers

The new test approaches for evaluation of thermo-visco-elastic parameters of elastomers are designed, realized and discussed herein. The main attention is devoted to a kinematic excited rubber beam sample under transient resonant sweep excitation. Mechanical material characteristics, i.e. Young modulus and loss angle, are identified from analytical formulas of FRF function based on measured dynamic loading and response signals. Heat material constants were estimated indirectly by numerical thermo-mechanical FE model and matching numerical and experimental results. The „sweep” regime tests serve for estimation of thermal and mechanical dependences. Long-term tests with cyclic resonant loading enable analysis of material degradation, such as hardening and permanent deformation, due to fatigue. For dynamic tests with pressure pulsation and sudden loading and unloading the high-power electromagnetic pulsater has been developed for damping rubber segments of tram wheels