Objective
The aim of the proposed research is better prediction of the durability of bonds in rubber-to-metal bonded articles. At present there is no proper understanding of bond failure, which means estimates of service life and safety are uncertain. There is a need to develop new test methods. The principal research tasks are :
(i) examine articles and identify types of service failure
(ii) characterise failures by producing similar phenomena in the laboratory with suitable testpieces under dynamic/static loading (iii) study environmental effects (eg ozone, temperature, liquids) (iv) develop criteria for service life prediction by fracture mechanics analysis; determine factors influencing failure
(v) develop, by finite element analysis or otherwise, models for service life prediction
(vi) design new test methods for bond strength evaluation.
A successful outcome should benefit manufacturers of rubber bonded components and help other industrial sectors such as automotive, construction, energy, mechanical engineering and railways. Cost savings of 10% may be possible in a European market for these components that approaches sales of lbECU.
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RH17 5PA Haywards Heath
United Kingdom
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