I am modeling elastomer bridge bearings and I need a data describing steel-rubber interface. It could be for starters strength in tension and shearing mode. Maybe sombody could help me directing me to relevant literature etc.
I have found some data in paper by Burtscher and Dorfman: Compression and shear tests of anisotropic high damping rubber bearings, Engineering Structures, but the interface is not a main topic of that article so the information is limited.
I think that the best expert at IBDiM on elastomer bridge bearings is dr Andrzej Niemierko. He investigated different bearings, among them rubber and elastomer ones.
Dear Prof. Rafalski, Thanks for this answer, I am of course in touch with dr Niemierko and Tomasz Gajda. However, thank you for your interest in the subject.
I am not preoccupied by this particular research but I could, upon my knowledge as teaching steel structures to suggest you try have a look on rubber dampers used for steel structures to seismic actions, some are based on steel-rubber damping. Also, possibly more updated damping systems used for cranes on steel girders...
Dear Teleman Carmen, maybe you could give some information about papers in that topic.
Dr. M. Johlitz investigated the mechanical characterisation of the interphase between a metallic substrate and an adhesive elastomer. His works can help you, perhaps.
Here are some examples for articles
Article Size effects in polyurethane bonds: Experiments, modelling a...
Article Size Effects due to the Formation of Interphases in Polymer Joints
Dear Tobias, thank you for your help. I think that is correct direction. I was looking into your works as well, and I have found one of them:
Biaxial testing of elastomers - Experimental setup, measurement and experimental optimisation of specimen's shape
very interesting. I will read it. I am working in similar field - constitutive modelling of building materials (where hyperelasticity is very important).
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