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Thermomechanical Analysis of the Singular Behavior of Rubber: Entropic Elasticity, Reinforcement by Fillers, Strain-Induced Crystallization and the Mullins Effect

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This paper deals with the calorimetric effects accompanying the deformation of rubbers. For this purpose, temperature variations are measured during the mechanical tests by means of infrared thermography. The heat sources produced or absorbed by the material due to deformation processes are deduced from the temperature variations by using the heat diffusion equation. The calorimetric signatures of the most important effects in rubber deformation, i.e. entropic elasticity, reinforcement by fillers, strain-induced crystallization and the Mullins effect, have been characterized. These results bring information of importance for the understanding and the modeling of physical phenomena involved in the rubber deformation.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the “Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin” for supporting this study. The authors also thank D. Berghezan, F. Vion-Loisel and E. Munch for their fruitful discussions.

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  1. Institut de Physique de Rennes UMR 6251 - CNRS/Université de Rennes 1 Département Mécanique et Verres, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes, France

    J.-B. Le Cam

  2. Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, Institut Pascal, BP 10448, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    J. R. Samaca Martinez & E. Toussaint

  3. Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée, Clermont Université, Institut Pascal, BP 10448, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    X. Balandraud

  4. UMR 6602, CNRS, Institut Pascal, 63171, Aubière, France

    J. R. Samaca Martinez, X. Balandraud & E. Toussaint

  5. CERL Ladoux, Michelin, 63040, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    J. R. Samaca Martinez & J. Caillard

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Le Cam, JB., Samaca Martinez, J.R., Balandraud, X. et al. Thermomechanical Analysis of the Singular Behavior of Rubber: Entropic Elasticity, Reinforcement by Fillers, Strain-Induced Crystallization and the Mullins Effect. Exp Mech 55, 771–782 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-014-9908-9

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