Degradation of Elastomers in Practice, Experiments and Modeling

Basic Mechanisms and Predictive Testing of Tire-Road Abrasion.- Thermo-Oxidative Aging and Mechanical Fatigue of Elastomer Compounds Used in Various Fields of Rubber Industry.- Novel Approach on Analyzing Mechanochemical Wear Mechanism of Rubber Vulcanizates in Molecular Scale.- Tire-Abrasion Particles in the Environment.- Multiphysical Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Damage of Elastomers: State of the Art and Developments Towards Cyber-Physical Systems.- Experimental and Numerical Description of the Heat Build-Up in Rubber Under Cyclic Loading.- The Effect of Thermal Ageing on the Fatigue Resistance of Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (HNBR) Compounds.- Effect of Antioxidants on the Aging Behavior of NR and S-SBR Materials.- Degradation of Tires During Intended Usage.- Thermal and Thermo-Oxidative Degradation of Rubbers: Some Recent Studies.- Experimental Analysis of Fast Crack Growth in Elastomers.- The Effect of Apparent Cross-Link Density on Cut and Chip Wear in Natural Rubber.- Parameters Influencing Fatigue Characteristics of Tyre Tread Rubber Compounds.- Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies on Degradation Processes of Rubber Types.

Gert Heinrich graduated at the University in Jena (G) in quantum physics in 1973. At the University of Technology (TH) Leuna-Merseburg, he finished his doctorate in 1978 in polymer network physics and his Habilitation in 1986 about theory of polymer networks and topological constraints. In 1990 he received a position at the tire manufacturer Continental in Hanover (G) as senior research scientist and head of Materials Research. Heinrich continued his academic activities as lecturer at Universities of Hanover (G) and Halle/Wittenberg (G). In 2002, he was appointed as a full professor for "Polymer Materials and Rubber Technology" at the Technische Universität Dresden and as director of the Institute of Polymer Materials at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V. (IPF). Since 2017 he is a Senior Professor. His work has been recognized by several grants and awards, e.g. the George Stafford Whitby Award for distinguished teaching and research from the Rubber Division ofthe ACS, the Colwyn Medal in UK for outstanding services to the rubber industry; the Carl Dietrich Harries Medal from the German Rubber Society, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Tire Technology International Magazine.

Reinhold Kipscholl graduated as Dipl.-Ing. in engineering of data processing and electronics. He is active since more than 20 years in leading industrial positions, especially in the field of testing and characterization of materials with respect of their physical behavior. Since 20 years he is General Manager of Coesfeld GmbH & Co. KG (Dortmund), a German Company developing and producing material testing equipment for plastics and elastomers. In 2012, R. Kipscholl founded and became CEO of PRL Polymer Research Lab., a Czech company which he led until 2021, researching and developing new testing methods for characterization of fracture and wear behavior of rubbers. He has been awarded with the 2018 Fernley H. Bunbury Award (RubberDivision, American Chemical