TY - JOUR
T1 - Fracture of elastomers by cavitation
AU - Hamdi, Adel
AU - Guessasma, Sofiane
AU - Naït-Abdelaziz, Moussa
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Cavitation phenomenon is studied in rubber-like materials by combining experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches. Specific tests are carried out on a Styrene Butadiene Rubber to point out main characteristics of cavitation phenomenon. Hydrostatic depression is numerically modelled using finite element method. Numerical results are compared to Ball's and Hou & Abeyaratne's models with regard to cavity nucleation in the material. Both models well fit experimental observations suggesting that the cavitation nucleation in elastomers depends on the confinement degree of the specimen. Finally, critical hydrostatic pressure and critical global deformation are proved to govern cavitation nucleation in the studied material. Critical loadings are identified by comparing experimental and numerical load-displacement curves. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Cavitation phenomenon is studied in rubber-like materials by combining experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches. Specific tests are carried out on a Styrene Butadiene Rubber to point out main characteristics of cavitation phenomenon. Hydrostatic depression is numerically modelled using finite element method. Numerical results are compared to Ball's and Hou & Abeyaratne's models with regard to cavity nucleation in the material. Both models well fit experimental observations suggesting that the cavitation nucleation in elastomers depends on the confinement degree of the specimen. Finally, critical hydrostatic pressure and critical global deformation are proved to govern cavitation nucleation in the studied material. Critical loadings are identified by comparing experimental and numerical load-displacement curves. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563277
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S026130691300592X
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881501067&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.06.058
DO - 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.06.058
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-1275
VL - 53
SP - 497
EP - 503
JO - Materials & Design
JF - Materials & Design
ER -