Modeling of the effect of rigid fillers on the stiffness of rubbers

• Main Authors: V., Jha, A.A., Hon, A.G., Thomas, J.J.C., Busfield
• Format: Citation Index Journal
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/287/1/Modeling-of-the-effect-of-rigid-fillers-on-the-stiffness-of-rubbers_2008_Journal-of-Applied-Polymer-Science.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38849160069&partnerID=40&md5=238d5dcca676bef0f7686936dad2b323; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/287/

The theories that predict the increase in the modulus of elastomers resulting from the presence of a rigid filler are typically derived from Einstein's viscosity law. For example, Guth and Gold used this approach to predict how the Young's modulus of an elastomer is related to the filler v...