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A spherical indentation technique for property evaluation of hyperelastic rubber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2012

Hong Chul Hyun ,
Jin Haeng Lee ,
Minsoo Kim  and
Hyungyil Lee
Hong Chul Hyun
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea
Jin Haeng Lee*
Affiliation:
Division for Reactor Mechanical Engineering, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of Korea
Minsoo Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea
Hyungyil Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The numerical approach of Lee et al. [Trans. Korean Soc. Mech. Eng., A28, 816–825 (2004)] to spherical indentation technique for property evaluation of hyperelastic rubber is enhanced. The Yeoh model is adopted as the constitutive form of rubber material because it can express well large deformation and cover various deformation modes with a simple form. We first determine the friction coefficient between a rubber specimen and a spherical indenter in a practical viewpoint and perform finite element simulations for a deeper indentation depth than that selected by Lee et al. [Trans. Korean Soc. Mech. Eng., A28, 816–825 (2004)]. An optimal data acquisition spot is selected, which features sufficiently large strain energy density and negligible frictional effect. We improve then two normalized functions mapping an indentation load–displacement curve onto a strain energy density–invariant curve, the latter of which gives the Yeoh model constants. The enhanced spherical indentation approach successfully produces the rubber material properties with an average error of less than 5%. The validity of our developed approach is verified by experimental evaluation of material properties with three kinds of rubber materials.

Keywords

spherical indenterrubber material propertiesYeoh modelload-depth curvesstrain energy densityfirst invariantfinite element analysis
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 20 , 28 October 2012 , pp. 2677 - 2690
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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