An Identification Method of Failure Mechanism Consistency for Rubber Materials in Accelerated Aging Testing

The failure mechanism of rubber materials under accelerated stress in aging process may be different from that under normal conditions. Therefore, identification of the failure mechanism consistency is necessary for the accelerated aging testing of rubber material. To solve the problem, we study the relationship between the aging velocity of permanent compression set value and aging time. Firstly, according to the relationship, the aging velocity constant is obtained through the least square method. Then, combining with the aging velocity constant, we found that the activation energy is equal to the slope of linear function about Arrhenius model. Based on that failure activation energy keeps same under same failure mechanism, an identification method about failure mechanism consistency is developed. Finally, to demonstrate and validate the proposed method, we take the accelerated aging testing for the nitrile rubber-26 sealing gasket as an example.