This conference was part of the 2010 Tiretech Conference and concentrated on new and emerging trends in the rubber research community.

Programme

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Patrick Moldenhauer and Matthias Kröger, Technical University Freiberg, Germany
Dynamics of rolling tyre tread blocks with frictional contact and wear

Yann Marco, Vincent Le Saux, Sylvain Calloch and Pierre Charrrier, Université Européenne de Bretagne, France and Trelleborg Automotive, France
Heat build-up and tomography measurements used to evaluate the fatigue of elastomers

Xavier Balandraud and Jean-Benoît Le Cam, Clermont Université, France
Heat source calculation at the crack tip of rubber specimen from infrared thermography measurement

Keizo Akutagawa, Satoshi Hamatani and Hisashi Heguri, Bridgestone Corporation, Japan
Nanomechanics of rubber with 3D-finite element analysis

Jean-Benoît Le Cam and E. Toussaint, Clermont Université, France.
Measuring volume variation in rubber under strain

Davide S.A. De Focatiis (University of Nottingham, UK), F. Abraham (University of Portsmouth, UK), T. Alshuth (German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK), Germany) and C.P. Buckley (University of Oxford, UK)
Strain-dependent viscoelasticity in multiaxial deformation of filled EPDM rubber

Lucien Laiarinandrasana, Aurélie Jean, Dominique Jeulin and Samuel Forest, MINES ParisTech, France. Numerical modelling of fillers content effects on the stress relaxation rate of filled rubbers

Event Location: Tiretech, Koelnmessa, Cologne, GERMANY