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Rubber in Engineering Group - past events

Fillers in Elastomers

- Including All Aspects Of Fillers And Filler-Rubber Interaction -

Rubber in Engineering Committee

Scope:

Particulate fillers perform an essential role in strengthening certain elastomers and in adjusting other mechanical and electrical properties. Fillers also play a key part in the processing characteristics of unvulcanised rubber.

The conference will cover current and emerging science and technology in the fields of fillers and filled elastomers. Advanced measurement and modelling techniques will be described, as will progress in understanding the underlying causes for the behaviour of filled rubber. Finally, new filler systems, such as nanoparticles will be discussed.

Event Details:

Title: Filler Reinforcement of Rubber
Date: Tuesday 14th September, 2004
Start time: 9am
Venue: The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG
Location: map and directions

Registration fees:
Member of IOM3: £105
Non-member: £125
Presenter of paper: £85

The registration for can be downloaded from the IOM3 web site or you can contact:
Eileen Ellis
IOM Communications Ltd
Shelton House, Stoke Road
Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DR, UK
telephone: +44 (0)1782 221707
facsimile: +44 (0)1782 221722
email: eileen.ellis@iom3.org

Organiser: Dr Vince Coveney
Address: Engineering, Medicine & Elastomers Research Centre, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY
telephone: +44 (0)117 32 82639
fax: +44 (0)117 32 83800

Programme:

9.00-9.30	Registration
	INTRODUCTION
9.30-9.45	Filled elastomers - an overview Vince Coveney & Dave Johnson University of the West of England, Bristol
9.45-10.00	Mineral fillers in rubber Nigel Rudall Imerys, St Austell, Cornwall
	MEASUREMENT & MODELLING OF FILLED ELASTOMERS & THEIR BEHAVIOUR
10.00-10.15	Interferometric microscopic characterisation of filler dispersions in rubber Joseph Hallett Sevalco, Bristol
10.15-10.30	Computer simulation of particle filled polymer networks based on chain statistics with reference to stress-softening effects Markus Böl University of Bochum, Germany
10.30-10.35	Questions
10.35-11.00	Posters & tea/coffee
11.00-11.15	A novel model for deformation and high strain stiffening in strong elastomers Martin Burke & D Porter QinetiQ, Farnborough
11.15-11.30	Modelling the dynamic mechanical behaviour of filled elastomers Thibault Henri & Fabrice Le Duc CF Gomma, Rennes, France
11.30-11.45	Effects of polymer-filler & filler-filler interactions on mechanical & morphological properties of SBR/BR blends filled with carbon black & silica. K Sobhanmanesh¹, Majid Asaadi² & HR Baniasadi² ¹Birjand University and ²Kavir Tire Co, Birjand, Iran
11.45-12.00	Fatigue and dynamic crack propagation behaviour of filled elastomers Frank Abraham¹, T Alsthuth² & G Clauß¹ ¹University of Applied Science Heilbronn, Germany ²Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie eV, Hannover, Germany
12.00-12.15	High damping rubber for base isolation bearings: mechanical behaviour and constitutive modelling AFMS Amin¹ & Y Okui² ¹Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh ²Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
12.15-12.30	Modelling and experimental studies of the effect of water at the polymer-filler interface in a silica-filled siloxane rubber LN Dinh, MA Schildbach, GB Balazs, R Gee, & RS Maxwell Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA
12.30-12.45	Rheological & reinforcing effect of calcined sepiolite in ethylene-propylene-diene rubber compounds Juan Lopez Valentin, A Rodriguez Diaz, L Ibarra Rueda & L Gonzalez Hernandez Institute of Science and Technology of Polymers, Madrid, Spain
12.45-12.55	Questions
12.55-1.55	Lunch & posters
	UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ORIGINS OF THE ACTION OF FILLERS IN ELASTOMERS
1.55-2.10	Silane coupling agents for special purpose elastomers Andre Hasse & O Klockmann Degussa AG, Köln, Germany
2.10-2.25	Modelling filler reinforcement in elastomers JJC Busfield, AG Thomas, AA Hon & Y Fukahori Queen Mary, University of London
2.25-2.40	Theory of interfering filler particles Don Turner & D Boast Avon Rubber, Westbury, Wilts
2.40-2.55	Computer simulation of structure and conductivity in carbon black filled elastomers Michael Lang University of Regensburg, Germany
2.55-3.10	Apparent activation energies for filled elastomers and insights into mechanisms Vince Coveney & Dave Johnson University of the West of England, Bristol
3.10-3.20	Questions
3.20-3.50	Posters & tea/coffee
	NEW TECHNOLOGY
3.50-4.05	Starch as a filler for rubber in low hysteresis applications Jane Clarke & Mazlina Mustafa-Kamal Loughborough University
4.05-4.20	Nanoparticles and their possible use in rubber Gary S Crutchley Kumho European Technical Centre, Birmingham
4.20-4.35	Reinforcement and non-linear dynamic properties of natural rubber / layered silicate nanocomposites Giorgio Ramorino, F Bignotti & T Ricco University of Brescia, Italy
4.35-4.50	Magnetorheological elastomers - possibilities and limitations Mattias Lokander & Bengt Stenberg Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
4.50-5.00	Questions & Close of Formal Sessions
5.00-5.30	Posters, Tea & Informal Discussion