FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Fatigue resistance of natural rubber in seawater with comparison to air BT AF ULU, K. Narynbek HUNEAU, B. LE GAC, Pierre-Yves VERRON, E. AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:2;4:1; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;4:; C1 Ecole Cent Nantes, Inst Rech Genie Civil & Mecan GeM, UMR CNRS 6183, Nantes, France. IFREMER, Ctr Bretagne, Marine Struct Lab, Brest, France. C2 ECOLE CENT NANTES, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france IF 2.899 TC 20 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43523/43055.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Natural rubber;Fatigue;Environmental effects;Seawater;Strain-induced crystallization AB Fatigue properties of filled natural rubber in seawater environment are investigated by uniaxial fatigue and crack propagation experiments, and the damage is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The behavior under relaxing and non-relaxing loading conditions is studied and the results are compared to those obtained in air environment. For relaxing loading conditions, fatigue behavior is the same in both environments. Under non-relaxing conditions at large strain levels, for which the influence of strain-induced crystallization is important, fatigue life is longer in seawater. Such behavior could be explained by increased internal temperatures of specimens tested in air due to lower heat conductivity of air as compared to seawater. Such conclusion is also supported by the damage mechanisms observed under non-relaxing loading conditions. PY 2016 PD JUN SO International Journal Of Fatigue SN 0142-1123 PU Elsevier Sci Ltd VL 88 UT 000375817000025 BP 247 EP 256 DI 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.03.033 ID 43523 ER EF