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http://dx.doi.org/10.3744/SNAK.2022.59.3.157

Study on Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Chloroprene Rubber for Finite Element Analysis of Rubber Seal in an Automatic Mooring System  

Son, Yeonhong (Department of Reliability Assessment, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Myung-Sung (Department of Reliability Assessment, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Jang, Hwasup (Team of Digitalization, Korean Register)
Kim, Songkil (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Yongjin (Department of Reliability Assessment, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Publication Information
Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea / v.59, no.3, 2022 , pp. 157-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
An automatic mooring system for a ship consists of a vacuum suction pad and a mechanical part, enabling quick and safe mooring of a ship. In the development of a mooring system, the design of a vacuum suction pad is a key to secure enough mooring forces and achieve stable operation of a mooring system. In the vacuum suction pad, properly designing its rubber seal determines the performance of the suction pad. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriately design the rubber seal for maintaining a high-vacuum condition inside the pad as well as achieving its mechanical robustness for long-time use. Finite element analysis for the design of the rubber seal requires the use of an appropriate strain energy function model to accurately simulate mechanical behavior of the rubber seal material. In this study, we conducted simple uniaxial tensile testing of Chloroprene Rubber (CR) to explore the strain energy function model best-fitted to its experimentally measured engineering strain-stress curves depending on various temperature environments. This study elucidates the temperature-dependent mechanical behaviors of CR and will be foundational to design rubber seal for an automatic mooring system under various temperature conditions.
Keywords
Chloroprene rubber; Hyperelastic behavior; Uniaxial tensile test; Strain energy function; Nonlinear material constant;
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