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Changes in the Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Carbon Black Filled Rubber as it Ages

Adolf, Douglas B.; Lu, Wei-Yang L.

The effects of chemical aging on the behavior of carbon black filled rubber were investigated by two types of tests, aging under no strain and aging under a constant strain. A slight modification of the damage-based theory of Segalman, used previously on unaged samples, was found to be consistent with the experimental data.