Plastic polymers with different properties have been developed in the last 150 years to
replace materials such as wood, glass and metals across various applications …

With the development of green tribology in the ship** industry, the application of water
lubrication gradually replaces oil lubrication in stern bearings and thrust bearings. In terms …

In materials of all types, hysteresis and toughness are usually correlated. For example, a
highly stretchable elastomer or hydrogel of a single polymer network has low hysteresis and …

Silicone polymers have enormous applications, especially in the areas of biomedical
engineering. Ecoflex, a commercially available room temperature cured silicone polymer …

The Mullins effect represents a softening phenomenon observed in rubber-like materials
and soft biological tissues. It is usually accompanied by many other inelastic effects like for …

In the current work, the microstructure and fracture performance of carbon fibre-reinforced
polymer (CFRP) composites based upon matrices of an anhydride-cured epoxy resin …

Ecoflex, a commercially available silicone polymer, has attracted considerable attention due
to its wide range of applications. The polymer has various Shore hardnesses that represent …

Subjected to multiaxial mechanical loading and hostile environment, rubber experiences
degradation over a period of time. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to prevent failure of …

With the increasingly widespread application of rubber in many fields, the demand for
quantitative characterization of temperature dependent mechanical properties in service …

The additive manufacturing (AM) is a new paradigm across various disciplines of
engineering sciences. Despite significant advances in the areas of hard material printings …