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Development of procedures for calculating stiffness and damping properties of elastomers. Part 3 : The effects of temperature, dissipation level and geometry

Author
Smalley, A. J.
Published
Nov 1, 1975.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Tessarzik, J. M.
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Summary
Effects of temperature, dissipation level and geometry on the dynamic behavior of elastomer elements were investigated. Force displacement relationships in elastomer elements and the effects of frequency, geometry and temperature upon these relationships are reviewed. Based on this review, methods of reducing stiffness and damping data for shear and compression test elements to material properties (storage and loss moduli) and empirical geometric factors are developed and tested using previously generated experimental data. A prediction method which accounts for large amplitudes of deformation is developed on the assumption that their effect is to increase temperature through the elastomers, thereby modifying the local material properties. Various simple methods of predicting the radial stiffness of ring cartridge elements are developed and compared. Material properties were determined from the shear specimen tests as a function of frequency and temperature. Using these material properties, numerical predictions of stiffness and damping for cartridge and compression specimens were made and compared with corresponding measurements at different temperatures, with encouraging results.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19760013185.
Accession ID: 76N20273.
NASA-CR-134939.
MTI-76TR5-PT-3.
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