Abstract
In this article, the macroscopic observation of the dynamic behaviour of rubber vibration-absorber is made from the author's original viewpoint.
Further, the most generalized explanation is given to the stress relaxation, strain relaxation, the result of test at different constant rates of stress, the deformation under vibrating stress, etc., over which more or less individual views have been published elsewhere. In particular an interesting conclusion was reached as to the mechanism of dynamic stiffness and dynamic viscosity.
A new dynamic model with an element of Bingham plasticity was devised to explain the non-linear and hysteric behaviour of the rubber, and the explanation was found quite satisfactory in practice.
