Bonding Strength Modeling of Polyurethane to Vulcanized Rubber
Date Published: 2009-04-20
Paper Number:2009-01-0605
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-0605
Citation:
Teppa, S. and Mears, L., "Bonding Strength Modeling of Polyurethane to Vulcanized Rubber," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-0605, 2009, doi:10.4271/2009-01-0605.
Tires manufactured from polyurethane (PU) have been espoused recently for reduced hysteretic loss, but the material provides poor traction or poor wear resistance in the application, requiring inclusion of a traditional vulcanized rubber tread at the contact surface. The tread can be attached by adhesive methods after the PU body is cured, or the PU can be directly cured to reception sites on the rubber chain molecules unoccupied by crosslinked (vulcanizing) sulfur atoms. This paper provides a study of the two bonding options, both as-manufactured and after dynamic loading representative of tire performance in service. Models of each process are introduced, and an experimental comparison of the bonding strength between each method is made. Results are applied to tire fatigue simulation.
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