| Preface | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Modelling of Dry and Wet Friction of Silica Filled Elastomers on Self-Affine Road Surfaces | 9 |
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| Introduction | 9 |
| Theory | 10 |
| Analysis of Self-Affine Surfaces | 10 |
| Hysteresis Friction Simulation | 12 |
| Adhesion Friction Fitting | 13 |
| Experimental Methods and Proceedings | 14 |
| Surface Properties | 14 |
| Material Preparation and Properties | 16 |
| Friction Experiments and Simulations | 16 |
| Results and Discussion | 17 |
| Viscoelastic Properties | 17 |
| Friction Measurements | 24 |
| Adapting Friction Simulation to Wet and Dry Measurements | 25 |
| Contact Simulations | 27 |
| Conclusions | 32 |
| References | 33 |
| Micromechanics of Internal Friction of Filler Reinforced Elastomers | 35 |
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| Introduction | 35 |
| Experimental | 38 |
| Sample Preparation | 38 |
| Multihysteresis Measurements | 39 |
| Theory | 40 |
| Stress Softening and Hysteresis | 42 |
| Hydrodynamic Strain Amplification | 44 |
| Constance of Volume | 45 |
| Dependence on Temperature | 47 |
| Results and Discussion | 48 |
| Uniaxial Compression-Tension Test of Unfilled Rubber | 48 |
| Adaptation of the Model for Various Filled Rubbers in Tension | 48 |
| CB-Filled Rubber in Combined Compression-Tension Test | 51 |
| CB-Filled Rubber at Varied Particle Size and Temperature | 53 |
| Finite-Element (FE) Simulation of a Rolling GROSCH Wheel | 56 |
| Conclusions | 58 |
| References | 59 |
| Multi-scale Approach for Frictional Contact of Elastomers on Rough Rigid Surfaces | 61 |
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| Introduction | 61 |
| Multiscale Approach | 64 |
| Formulation of the Multi-scale Approach | 65 |
| Constitutive Model for Elastomers | 68 |
| Rough Surface Description | 70 |
| Sine Wave | 71 |
| Application of the Approximation to a Rough Surface | 73 |
| Contact | 76 |
| Contact Kinematics and Interface Constraints | 76 |
| Numerical Results | 79 |
| System and Loading | 80 |
| Results on Microscale | 81 |
| Meso- and Macroscopic Results | 84 |
| True Contact Area | 86 |
| Adhesion | 90 |
| FEM | 91 |
| Adhesion Parameters | 93 |
| Numerical Results | 94 |
| ThermalEffects | 96 |
| Basic Equations | 96 |
| Friction Test | 98 |
| Conclusions | 100 |
| References | 100 |
| Thermal Effects and Dissipation in a Model of Rubber Phenomenology | 103 |
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| Introduction | 103 |
| The Standard Rubber Model MORPH | 104 |
| Implementation of Thermal Effects | 106 |
| Experimental Data for Thermal Effects in Six Rubber Compounds | 106 |
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