Fracture and Fatigue of Rubber

Event: Afternoon Technical Discussion Meeting
Date: Friday 23rd March 2007
Start time: 2pm
Venue: IOM3, 1 Carlton House Terrace, LONDON.
Location: map and directions

Programme

Start 2:00pm

2:00pm
Fracture and Fatigue of Rubber: the Basics
Vince Coveney, University of the West of England, Bristol

2:15pm
High Speed Fracture of Balloons
Alan Thomas* (Queen Mary, University of London) & Graham Lake (University of East London)

2:45 pm
Aspects of Cyclic Fatigue of Natural Rubber
John Kingston* and Alan Muhr (both TARRC)

3:15pm
Fatigue Life Analysis of an Exhaust Mount using Hyperfatigue
Roly Whear* (Jaguar Cars) and Will Mars (Cooper Tyres)

These talks are all followed by discussion and tea will be served at 4pm.

* Speaker presenting the paper.

All times are approximate. Programme is subject to change.

Attendance at the meeting is free of charge for members of the IOM3, however a small nominal charge (less than £20) may be made on the day to non-members. To attend you must first reserve your place by contacting James Busfield (see below) giving your contact details (company, telephone number, address and email).

James Busfield
Department of Materials
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
LONDON E1 4NS

Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5570
email: j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk