Endurica’s 2024 SAE WCX paper is now Open Access  

The qualification requirements of automakers derive from track testing in which road load and moment inputs to a part in x, y and z directions are recorded over a set of driving conditions selected to represent typical operation. Because recorded histories are lengthy, often comprising many millions of time steps, past industry practice has been to specify simplified block cycle schedules for purposes of durability testing or analysis. Simplification, however, depends on imprecise human judgement, and risks fidelity of the inferred life and failure mode relative to actual. Fortunately, virtual methods for fatigue life prediction are available that are capable of processing full, real-time, multiaxial road load histories. Two examples of filled natural rubber ride bushings are…READ MORE

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Join us for an exciting and informative webinar on integrating durability solutions with a method for collecting load data. Discover how we’ve tackled the challenge through a real-world case study, where we measured the loads experienced by rubber isolators supporting a battery over a one-hour drive through Milwaukee. Using advanced strain gauge technologies, True-Load procedures, and cutting-edge software from Endurica, we processed these loads into stress-strain histories and performed a comprehensive fatigue life analysis. 

You will learn: 

• How we captured and analyzed real-world load data using strain gauges and True-Load procedures. 
• Endurica EIE’s nonlinear interpolation process that transformed these loads into detailed stress-strain histories for each of 4 rubber mounts  
• The use of the critical plane method for predicting fatigue life and failure modes of elastomer mounts. 
• Key insights into ensuring the long-term durability of vibration isolation systems in high-stress applications. 

Session 1: Europe / Middle East / Africa and Asia

1-2 PM CET (UTC+1) 

for reference, that makes our starting time

1:00 PM in Luxembourg (CET) | 3:00 PM in Istanbul (GMT+3) | 5:30 PM in Chennai (IST) | 9:00 PM in Tokyo (JST) 

Session 2: North and South America

11:00 AM EST (UTC-5) 

for reference, that makes our starting time

8:00 AM in San Diego (PST) | 9:00 AM in Denver (MST) | 10:00 AM in Chicago (CST) | 12:00 PM in São Paulo (BRT)

Tim and Will are at it again!

Getting Bounced: Pogo Stick Loads and Durability was presented by Tim and Will at the International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation (NAFEMS) Community world-wide event, CAASE20. The structural and rubber virtual digital twins of a pogo stick lifted interest off the charts. A pogo stick became its own load transducer with True-Load by leveraging the Abaqus FEA model, and Endurica’s software then simulated the fatigue damage on the rubber. The mathematically efficient and quick load and damage calculations were completed in real time during the on-stage demo. As cool as the pogo stick project was, we’re even more excited about Vibration Isolation and Durability: True-Load Meets Endurica EIE 

Highlight video from Trelleborg’s

2024 Innotrans promotion featuring Endurica

and presentation from the Eclipse with Endurica conference

Endurica combines software workflows, simulations and material characterizations to fully analyze rubber products' structural integrity in terms of “wear and tear” AND "chipping and flaking".

See our methods to evaluate if your component will wear out before it blows out.

Discover:

• the physics governing wear and chip & cut phenomena in rubber
• how Endurica’s workflows are different from other durability analysis workflows
• typical testing machines and tests for friction, abrasion and cut & chip characterization
• methods to combine wear and structural fatigue for an overall look at product durability.

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Influencing Lifetime of Rubber

Advances in Understanding Thermal Effects in Rubber

Presentations include:

Thermomechanical and Energetic Behavior of Elastomers Investigated with IP Thermography

by Professor Jean-Benoit LE CAM:

A Review of Thermal Effects on Elastomer Durability

By Dr. William V. MARS, Endurica LLC, USA

Kinetics of Self Heat Build Up in Carbon Black Filled Natural Rubber

by Assoc. Prof. Radek STOČEK, PRL s.r.o. o., Tomas Bat a University in Zlín , Czechia