Rubber product failure [electronic resource] / Roger P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Roger (Roger P.)

Series:

Rapra review reports. Report 147 ; v. 13, no. 3.

Rapra review reports. Report 147, 0889-3144 ; v. 13, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elastomers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shawbury, U.K. : Rapra Technology Ltd., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rubber components are used in many demanding applications, from tyres and seals to gloves and medical devices, and failure can be catastrophic. This review of rubber product failure outlines and illustrates the common causes of failure, while addressing ways of avoiding it. There has been increasing pressure to improve performance so that rubbers can be used at higher temperatures and in harsher environments. For example, the under-the-bonnet temperature has increased in some vehicles and new medical devices require longer lifetimes in potentially degrading biological fluids. The expectations

Contents:

Introduction; Failure Analysis; The Reasons for Failure; The Causes of Failure; Preventing Failure; The Literature; Conclusions; Additional References; Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-77469-3

9786611774691

1-85957-423-8

OCLC:

560501285