The Proceedings of Ibaraki District Conference
Online ISSN : 2424-2683
ISSN-L : 2424-2683
2011.19
Session ID : 1006
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1006 FEM Simulation of Fiber-Reinforced Rubber in Electric Generator by Orthotropic Hyperelastic Model
Akihiro MATSUDA
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In this paper, we propose an orthotropic hyperelastic model for the fiber-reinforced rubber material used as rubber seals in electric generators. The fiber-reinforced rubber is composed of rubber matrix material that is reinforced by two families of fibers. The mechanical property is anisotropic on directions of two fiber families. We improved an anisotropic model by adding terms to the strain energy function to consider its mechanical properties in small deformation region. The energy functions of the fiber families was represented by power series of invariants of stretch and shear deformation in fiber families. In order to identify material parameter of the proposed model, uniaxial tensile test result of the fiber-reinforced rubber were approximated by the nonlinear least squares method. Finally, applicability to the fiber-reinforced rubber of proposed model by FEM simulation was demonstrated to evaluate the applicability of the proposed model to the rubber seal.
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© 2011 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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