Structure property relationships in track pad rubber as a function of blending conditions

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, David Ernesten
dc.contributor.committeechairDwight, David W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSpencer, Chester W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLytton, Jack L.en
dc.contributor.departmentMaterials Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:28:42Zen
dc.date.adate2013-02-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:28:42Zen
dc.date.issued1987-05-17en
dc.date.rdate2013-02-06en
dc.date.sdate2013-02-06en
dc.description.abstractTank track pads have been known to degrade rapidly under adverse conditions, especially during cross country service where the average life has been estimated to be 500 miles. Several factors have been identified as being the cause for such low service life. One of these is the 'quality of dispersion' which plays an important role in the performance of any rubber compound. In order to evaluate the effect of the quality of dispersion on the service life of rubber compounds, a controlled blending experiment was carried out with a recipe modeled on a standard track pad formula. Mechanisms of failure produced by a bad dispersion have been identified. Two interesting observations were made, one of which was the formation of voids and the other was crack propagation along flow lines which are directly relatable to processing conditions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 99 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02062013-040212en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02062013-040212/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40955en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1987.R623.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 16655851en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1987.R623en
dc.subject.lcshCarbon-blacken
dc.subject.lcshRubber -- Testingen
dc.subject.lcshTank industryen
dc.titleStructure property relationships in track pad rubber as a function of blending conditionsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMaterials Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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