Characterization and Modeling of the Viscoelastic Behavior of a Self-Adhesive Rubber Using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Tests

Abstract

The goal of this study is twofold. The first one is to assess the applicability of approaches based on dynamicmechanical analysis to investigate the viscoelastic properties of a self-adhesive synthetic rubber. The second goal is to identify the parameters of a viscoelastic model which accurately represents the frequency-dependent mechanical properties. For that purpose, the time-temperature superposition principle is successfully applied to build the master curves of the material up to 1 MHz. The thickness of the samples and the thermal expansion effects are found to have a negligible influence on the mechanical properties measured by dynamic-mechanical analysis. The parameters of a generalized Maxwell model and a fractional derivative model are identified from the obtained master curves and lead to an accurate representation of the frequency-dependent mechanical properties of the rubber.