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| Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Arhant, Mael; Davies, Peter; Muhr, Alan. |
| Natural rubber has been successfully used in a marine environment for many years. However, most applications involve low dynamic loadings. Due to the emergence of marine energy recovery, wave and tidal energy converters are being developed. In some such devices, rubbers are subjected to severe cyclic loadings, very different from their previous use in air or water. Such rubbers must therefore be qualified for long-term use in sea water with high fatigue loading. This paper presents a study using a new fatigue machine that allows the fatigue behaviour of rubber in sea water to be compared to that in air. The results show that the benefit of non-relaxing conditions on fatigue lifetime of natural rubber can be significantly reduced when it is used in sea... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Natural Rubber; Water; Fatigue; Stabilisation. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00211/32240/32195.pdf |
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