Rubber Technology: Manufacture, Processing, Properties, and Applications brings together detailed and comprehensive information on rubber types and processes, guiding the reader from fundamentals through to the latest innovations in the field. Sections introduce structure-property relationships, compounding, processing, testing, and mechanics, and provide methodical discussions on rubber by type, covering natural rubber, synthetic rubbers, liquid rubbers, rubber composites, nanocomposites, and rubber-based blends, as well as major properties such as self-healing, shape memory, and functionalization. The penultimate section covers key aspects in the engineering and industrial utilization of rubber, including modeling and simulation, product manufacture, quality management, and applications.
Finally, the book examines themes relating to the recycling and lifecycle of rubber-based products. This is a valuable resource for academic researchers and advanced students across materials science and engineering, and those from other disciplines who are looking to understand rubber, as well as industrial scientists, R&D, and engineers.
1. Chapter 1. An introduction to rubber and rubber technology, structure–property relationships, and terminologies - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Rubber testing and mechanics - p. 11 3. Chapter 3. Dry Rubber compounding and processing - p. 35 4. 1 Introduction - p. 35 5. 2 Compounding materials - p. 35 6. 3 COMPOUNDING design - p. 58 7. 4 Compound processing - p. 60 8. Chapter 4. Vulcanization techniques: Natural rubber and its derivatives - p. 73 9. Chapter 5. AFM nanomechanics for rubbers - p. 89 10. Section 2. Synthetic, natural, and specialty rubbers - p. S2 11. Chapter 6. Natural rubber - p. 101 12. Chapter 7. Concept of self-healing in rubbers - p. 151 13. Chapter 8. Concept of functionalization in rubbers - p. 171 14. Chapter 9. Shape memory in elastomers - p. 195 15. Section 3. Rubber composites, nanocomposites, and blends - p. S3 16. Chapter 10. Rubber-based composites and nanocomposites - p. 221 17. Chapter 11. Rubber-based rubber blends, composites, and nanocomposites - p. 235 18. Chapter 12. Rubber-based short fiber reinforced composites - p. 245 19. Section 4. Engineering, modelling, quality control, and applications of rubber - p. S4 20. Chapter 13. Modeling and simulation with rubbers - p. 271 21. 1 Rubber elasticity - p. 271 22. 2 Prerequisites: strain, stress, thermodynamics and hyperelasticity - p. 272 23. 3 Accounting for the nearly-incompressible behavior with spheric/deviatoric splitting - p. 275 24. 4 Entropic elasticity and the hybrid free energy concept - p. 276 25. 5 Example: adiabatic stretching of a nearly incompressible rubber band and the thermoelastic inversion phenomena - p. 279 26. 6 Some remarks about the identification of the material parameters of standard isotropic hyperelastic models - p. 280 27. 7 Phenomenological approach of viscoelasticity - p. 284 28. 8 Viscoelasticity with internal variables - p. 285 29. 9 An approach to model the amplitude dependent effect of filled rubbers - p. 289 30. 10 Numerical simulation of rubber materials with finite elements - p. 292 31. 11 Mixed-up formulations - p. 295 32. 12 Finite elements and isogeometric analysis approximations - p. 296 33. 13 Numerical examples - p. 298 34. Chapter 14. A practical, universal method for predicting the fatigue life of elastomeric components—Bubble inflation and the concept of dynamic stored energy - p. 305 35. Chapter 15. A practical, universal method for predicting the fatigue life of elastomeric components—Dynamic stored energy and complex modulus concepts applied to swollen elastomers and smart elastomers - p. 323 36. Section 5. Applications of rubbers - p. S5 37. Chapter 16. Rubbers in tire engineering - p. 345 38. 1 The fundamental principles of formulation design - p. 345 39. 2 Formulation design of radial tire - p. 352 40. 3 Quality inspection - p. 362 41. 4 Quality management of rubber products - p. 386 42. Chapter 17. Rubber and elastomeric materials in defence applications - p. 417 43. Chapter 18. Rubbers in biomedical applications - p. 451 44. Chapter 19. Electrospinning of rubbers - p. 477 45. Chapter 20. 3-D printing of rubbers - p. 497 46. Chapter 21. Innovation and emerging entrepreneurial trends in rubber product manufacturing - p. 519 47. Section 6. Rubber recycling, life cycle analysis, and future outlook - p. S6 48. Chapter 22. Recycling of rubbers - p. 535 49. Chapter 23. Utilization of reclaimed rubber - p. 555 50. Chapter 24. Rubber-derived biomass and circular economy - p. 571 51. Chapter 25. Future outlook of rubber materials and technology - p. 583 52. Index - p. 601
Rubber Technology: Manufacture, Processing, Properties, and Applications brings together detailed and comprehensive information on rubber types and processes, guiding the reader from fundamentals through to the latest innovations in the field. Sections introduce structure-property relationships, compounding, processing, testing, and mechanics, and provide methodical discussions on rubber by type, covering natural rubber, synthetic rubbers, liquid rubbers, rubber composites, nanocomposites, and rubber-based blends, as well as major properties such as self-healing, shape memory, and functionalization. The penultimate section covers key aspects in the engineering and industrial utilization of rubber, including modeling and simulation, product manufacture, quality management, and applications.
Finally, the book examines themes relating to the recycling and lifecycle of rubber-based products. This is a valuable resource for academic researchers and advanced students across materials science and engineering, and those from other disciplines who are looking to understand rubber, as well as industrial scientists, R&D, and engineers.
1. Chapter 1. An introduction to rubber and rubber technology, structure–property relationships, and terminologies - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Rubber testing and mechanics - p. 11 3. Chapter 3. Dry Rubber compounding and processing - p. 35 4. 1 Introduction - p. 35 5. 2 Compounding materials - p. 35 6. 3 COMPOUNDING design - p. 58 7. 4 Compound processing - p. 60 8. Chapter 4. Vulcanization techniques: Natural rubber and its derivatives - p. 73 9. Chapter 5. AFM nanomechanics for rubbers - p. 89 10. Section 2. Synthetic, natural, and specialty rubbers - p. S2 11. Chapter 6. Natural rubber - p. 101 12. Chapter 7. Concept of self-healing in rubbers - p. 151 13. Chapter 8. Concept of functionalization in rubbers - p. 171 14. Chapter 9. Shape memory in elastomers - p. 195 15. Section 3. Rubber composites, nanocomposites, and blends - p. S3 16. Chapter 10. Rubber-based composites and nanocomposites - p. 221 17. Chapter 11. Rubber-based rubber blends, composites, and nanocomposites - p. 235 18. Chapter 12. Rubber-based short fiber reinforced composites - p. 245 19. Section 4. Engineering, modelling, quality control, and applications of rubber - p. S4 20. Chapter 13. Modeling and simulation with rubbers - p. 271 21. 1 Rubber elasticity - p. 271 22. 2 Prerequisites: strain, stress, thermodynamics and hyperelasticity - p. 272 23. 3 Accounting for the nearly-incompressible behavior with spheric/deviatoric splitting - p. 275 24. 4 Entropic elasticity and the hybrid free energy concept - p. 276 25. 5 Example: adiabatic stretching of a nearly incompressible rubber band and the thermoelastic inversion phenomena - p. 279 26. 6 Some remarks about the identification of the material parameters of standard isotropic hyperelastic models - p. 280 27. 7 Phenomenological approach of viscoelasticity - p. 284 28. 8 Viscoelasticity with internal variables - p. 285 29. 9 An approach to model the amplitude dependent effect of filled rubbers - p. 289 30. 10 Numerical simulation of rubber materials with finite elements - p. 292 31. 11 Mixed-up formulations - p. 295 32. 12 Finite elements and isogeometric analysis approximations - p. 296 33. 13 Numerical examples - p. 298 34. Chapter 14. A practical, universal method for predicting the fatigue life of elastomeric components—Bubble inflation and the concept of dynamic stored energy - p. 305 35. Chapter 15. A practical, universal method for predicting the fatigue life of elastomeric components—Dynamic stored energy and complex modulus concepts applied to swollen elastomers and smart elastomers - p. 323 36. Section 5. Applications of rubbers - p. S5 37. Chapter 16. Rubbers in tire engineering - p. 345 38. 1 The fundamental principles of formulation design - p. 345 39. 2 Formulation design of radial tire - p. 352 40. 3 Quality inspection - p. 362 41. 4 Quality management of rubber products - p. 386 42. Chapter 17. Rubber and elastomeric materials in defence applications - p. 417 43. Chapter 18. Rubbers in biomedical applications - p. 451 44. Chapter 19. Electrospinning of rubbers - p. 477 45. Chapter 20. 3-D printing of rubbers - p. 497 46. Chapter 21. Innovation and emerging entrepreneurial trends in rubber product manufacturing - p. 519 47. Section 6. Rubber recycling, life cycle analysis, and future outlook - p. S6 48. Chapter 22. Recycling of rubbers - p. 535 49. Chapter 23. Utilization of reclaimed rubber - p. 555 50. Chapter 24. Rubber-derived biomass and circular economy - p. 571 51. Chapter 25. Future outlook of rubber materials and technology - p. 583 52. Index - p. 601
