Manifestations of the Mullins effect in filled elastomers
This work employs five commercial carbon-black filled elastomers made from ethylene-propylene-diene, nitrile, butyl and natural rubber compounds to study different manifestations of the stress-softening phenomenon known as the Mullins effect. The structure of the materials was characterised using de...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32301/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32301/1/PhDThesis%20VanessaFernandes%2014-03-16.pdf |