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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2021.34.3.192

Investigation of Viscoelastic Properties of EPDM/PP Thermoplastic Vulcanizates for Reducing Innerbelt Weatherstrip Squeak Noise of Electric Vehicles  

Cho, Seunghyun (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Yoon, Bumyong (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Sanghyun (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Hong, Kyoung Min (TPE Development Team, Hwaseung Material)
Lee, Sang Hyun (TPE Development Team, Hwaseung Material)
Suhr, Jonghwan (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Composites Research / v.34, no.3, 2021 , pp. 192-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
Due to enormous market growing of electric vehicles without combustion engine, reducing unwanted BSR (buzz, squeak, and rattle) noise is highly demanded for vehicle quality and performance. Particularly, innerbelt weatherstrips which not only block wind noise, rain, and dust from outside, but also reduce noise and vibration of door glass and vehicle are required to exhibit high damping properties for improved BSR performance of the vehicle. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), which can be recycled and have lighter weight than thermoset elastomers, are receiving much attention for weatherstrip material, but TPEs exhibit low material damping and compression set causing frictional noise and vibration between the door glass and the weatherstrip. In this study, high damping EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer)/PP (polypropylene) thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) were investigated by varying EPDM/PP ratio and ENB (ethylidene norbornene) fraction in EPDM. Viscoelastic properties of TPV materials were characterized by assuming that the material damping is directly related to the viscoelasticity. The optimum material damping factor (tanδ peak 0.611) was achieved with low PP ratio (14 wt%) and high ENB fraction (8.9 wt%), which was increased by 140% compared to the reference (tanδ 0.254). The improved damping is believed due to high fraction of flexible EPDM chains and higher interfacial slippage area of EPDM particles generated by increasing ENB fraction in EPDM. The stick-slip test was conducted to characterize frictional noise and vibration of the TPV weatherstrip. With improved TPV material damping, the acceleration peak of frictional vibration decreased by about 57.9%. This finding can not only improve BSR performance of electric vehicles by designing material damping of weatherstrips but also contribute to various structural applications such as urban air mobility or aircrafts, which require lightweight and high damping properties.
Keywords
Innerbelt Weatherstrip; Thermoplastic Elastomer; Viscoelastic Properties; Friction Noise;
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