Choi Na-Yeon, Kim Dong-Seok, Zhang Sung-Uk
Digital Twin Laboratory, Dong-Eui University, 176 Eomgwang-ro, Busan 47340, Republic of Korea.
Center for Brain Busan 21, Dong-Eui University, 176 Eomgwang-ro, Busan 47340, Republic of Korea.
Polymers (Basel). 2025 Aug 27;17(17):2316. doi: 10.3390/polym17172316.
Nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) seals used in automotive and energy equipment undergo pronounced mechanical degradation at elevated temperatures, yet a quantitative rule for switching between hyperelastic models remains unclear. Here, accelerated thermal aging tests were linked to service conditions by estimating the activation energy via Flynn-Wall-Ozawa analysis and applying an Arrhenius-based equivalence. Tensile testing, dynamic mechanical analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis were combined to track embrittlement and crosslinking, and finite element simulations were benchmarked against experiments using an L2-norm metric. The outcome is a degradation map with a model-switching guideline. The Neo-Hookean model is preferred in the less-embrittled regime, whereas the five-parameter Mooney-Rivlin model is recommended as embrittlement progresses. This framework improves stress-prediction fidelity while keeping model complexity commensurate with the aging state, enabling faster and more reliable design of NBR seals for high-temperature automotive and renewable-energy applications.
用于汽车和能源设备的丁腈橡胶(NBR)密封件在高温下会发生明显的机械降解,然而超弹性模型之间切换的定量规则仍不明确。在此,通过Flynn-Wall-Ozawa分析估算活化能并应用基于阿伦尼乌斯的等效性,将加速热老化试验与使用条件联系起来。结合拉伸试验、动态力学分析和热重分析来跟踪脆化和交联情况,并使用L2范数指标将有限元模拟与实验进行对比。结果是得到了一张带有模型切换指南的降解图。在脆化程度较低的状态下,建议使用Neo-Hookean模型,而随着脆化的进展,推荐使用五参数Mooney-Rivlin模型。该框架提高了应力预测的准确性,同时使模型复杂性与老化状态相匹配,从而能够更快、更可靠地设计用于高温汽车和可再生能源应用的NBR密封件。