Table of Contents:
  • Determination of constitutive equations for vulcanized rubber / J Gough, IH Gregory and AH Muhr
  • Novel hyperelastic constitutive laws for elastomers / HT Williams, S Jamil and VA Coveney
  • A single constant strain energy function for elastomers and its finite element implementation / MHBM Shariff and ID Stalker
  • Definitions and calculations of stress and strain in rubber / DM Turner, D Boast and R Jarosz
  • Rate dependent triboelastic and other models for elastomers and prospects for implementation in finite element analysis / VA Coveney [and others]
  • Implementation in finite element analysis of a triboelastic law for dynamic behaviour of filled elastomers / VA Coveney [and others]
  • A finite volume approach to modelling incompressible materials / MA Wheel
  • The complexity of material modelling in the design optimization of elastomeric seals / JR Daley and S Mays
  • Finite element analysis of contact and hyperelastic materials / A Prior and D Cadge
  • The uncertainty of implemented curve-fitting procedures in finite element software / R Johannknecht, S Jerrams and G Clauss
  • Finite element analysis of rubber for product development / FD Lloyd-Lucas
  • Modelling the behaviour of an earthquake base-isolated building / VA Coveney [and others]
  • Finite element modelling of three-dimensional elastomeric components / D Cadge and A Prior
  • Torisional behaviour of an elastomeric cylinder
  • a benchmark problem / HR Ahmadi [and others]
  • Recent developments in finite element analysis of elastomeric components / A Ramsay
  • Crack growth and predicting failure under complex loading in filled elastomers / JJC Busfield, CHH Ratsimba and AG Thomas
  • Peeling of vulcanized natural rubber from steel : mathematical modelling and finite element analysis / R Jarosz [and others]
  • Stiffness and fracture analysis of bonded rubber blocks in simple shear / IH Gregory and AH Muhr.