J-integral analysis of cord-rubber serpentine belt using neural-network-based material modelling
SONG, G. ; CHANDRASHEKHARA, K. ; BREIG, W. F. ; KLEIN, D. L. ; OLIVER, L. R.
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Published 2005
PO Box 1354, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, UK. : Blackwell Science Ltd
Published 2005
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1460-2695
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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A known factor that limits the performance of automotive front-end accessory serpentine belt drive is cracking of the elastomer located in the rib tip. In this paper, fracture experiments were conducted using single-edge notched tension (SENT) specimens to study the fracture behaviour of a belt rib compound. A finite-element modelling method utilizing singular elements for crack in rubber solid was proposed and implemented in both plane-stress and 3D solid models using ABAQUS. A newly developed neural-network-based model was used to represent a nonlinear elastic belt rib rubber compound. The crack finite-element model, along with the neural-network-based material model, was verified with analytical and experimental results. A global–local finite-element procedure was developed to evaluate the J-integral for mode-I through-the-thickness crack in V-ribbed belt rib. Effects of pre-crack length, pulley pre-load and backside pulley displacement were investigated.
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Electronic Resource
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