Reconstructing the mechanical response of polybutadiene rubber based on micro-structural evolution in strain-temperature space: entropic elasticity and strain-induced crystallization as the bridges

Soft Matter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinzhang Chen ◽  
Yuanfei Lin ◽  
Jingyun Zhao ◽  
Lingpu Meng ◽  
Daoliang Wang ◽  
...  

Micro-structural evolution of polybutadiene rubber in strain-temperature space, and the reconstruction of the macro-mechanical response.

Soft Matter ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 734-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinzhang Chen ◽  
Jingyun Zhao ◽  
Yuanfei Lin ◽  
Jiarui Chang ◽  
Lingpu Meng ◽  
...  

The structural evolution of NR during stretching at −40 °C and in the strain–temperature space.


2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertrand Huneau

Abstract Strain-induced crystallization of natural rubber was discovered in 1925 by the means of x-ray diffraction and has been widely investigated by this technique until today. The studies devoted to the structure of the crystalline phase of natural rubber are first reviewed. This structure is strongly anisotropic and can be related to the exceptionally good strength and fatigue properties of this material. The relationships between strain-induced crystallization of natural rubber and its mechanical response, during static or tension-retraction tests, are also reviewed and discussed; in particular, the hysteresis of the stress-strain curve is mainly explained by strain-induced crystallization. The kinetics of crystallization under both static and cyclic deformation is also discussed, as well as the influence of different factors, depending either on material composition (crosslink density, carbon black fillers) or on external parameters (temperature, strain rate…).


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (98) ◽  
pp. 95601-95610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Ikeda ◽  
Preeyanuch Junkong ◽  
Takumi Ohashi ◽  
Treethip Phakkeeree ◽  
Yuta Sakaki ◽  
...  

Guayule and rubber dandelion natural rubbers are useful alternatives forHeveanatural rubber in terms of their strain-induced crystallization behaviours.


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