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Nonlinear viscoelastic response of carbon black-filled butyl rubber and implications for o-ring aging

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/560823· OSTI ID:560823

Butyl rubber, unfortunately, has pronounced nonlinear viscoelastic behavior, which may be modelled by a separable KBKZ formalism. While these effects seem to have minimal impact on accelerated sealing force measurements, they do severely impact compression set tests. Therefore, a new test is suggested for evaluating field-return o-rings which is free from such confounding effects.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
560823
Report Number(s):
SAND--97-2630; ON: DE98001587
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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