ECCMR 2011 Dublin

 CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

•To bring together specialists in research across all disciplines associated with      elastomers (constitutive modelling, polymer science, software development, design engineers and  stress/FEA analysts).

•To encourage and facilitate modelling beyond simple stress-strain behaviour, for example to encompass heat build up, friction, dielectrical and magnetorheological effects, fracture and fatigue.

•To investigate microscopic mechanisms occurring in elastomers in order to develop physically motivated models.

•To discuss advances in modelling the properties of elastomers in order to improve the performance of available simulation tools dedicated to rubber parts.

•To collate these advances in hardbound proceedings.

 CONFERENCE THEMES

• Experimental characterisation

• Comparison of constitutive models

• FEM implementation and application

• Micro-structural theories of rubber

• Lifetime prediction

• Statistical approaches

• Stress softening

• Dynamic mechanical properties

• Viscoelastic and hyperelastic models

• Ageing

• Filler reinforcement

• Design issues of rubber components

• Industrial applications

• Biomechanics of soft tissue

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