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In the form of bearings, seals, conveyors, V-belts and pneumatic tires, elastomers are commonly used to transmit or handle time-dependent (dynamic) loadings. Dissipative effects in cyclically loaded elastomer components lead to a steady loss of mechanical input energy. The transformation of mechanical energy to thermal energy results in an increase of the temperature of the elastomer component. In this contribution, finite element (FE) solution schemes for the computation of the displacement and temperature field are discussed. First, a simultaneous solution scheme is used to analyse a cyclically loaded elastomer specimen (strong coupling of the displacement and temperature field). Second, a sequentially coupled solution scheme (weak coupling of the displacement and temperature field) is presented for the modelling of steady state dynamic systems. Subsequently, the sequential analysis is used to predict the thermo-mechanical behaviour of steady state rolling tires.
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This contribution has been presented at the conference PolyMerTec 2014 (25th to 27th of June 2014, Merseburg). We thank the organisers and editors Prof. Wolfgang Grellmann from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) and Prof. Beate Langer from University of Applied Science Merseburg (Germany) for the possibility to contribute to the present book on deformation and fracture behaviour of polymer materials. Parts of the research outlined in this contribution have been financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (DFG) under grant KA 1163/16. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support by Hankook Tire Co.
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Behnke, R., Kaliske, M. (2017). Thermomechanical Analysis Strategies for Elastomer Components Under Dynamic Loading. In: Grellmann, W., Langer, B. (eds) Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymer Materials. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 247. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41879-7_36
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