Numerical prediction & case validation for rubber antivibration system

Rubber anti-vibration systems are widely used in rail, marine, automobile and other industrial applications. Rubber-to-metal bonded springs are essential anti-vibration components and are designed to protect structures and equipment from vibration and impact forces. It is desirable to have a comprehensive book in this specialized field. This book is designed for engineers who work in industry on rubber anti-vibration systems with validated approaches and actual cases. In addition, it can be served as a reference for scientists and a textbook for university students in engineering. There are twenty-six real industrial cases, which have all been peer-reviewed, to cover major topics for rubber anti-vibration systems including quasi-static evaluation, fatigue design, dynamic assessment, loading-unloading prediction, calculation on heat generation (self-heating) and estimation on creep and stress relaxation. I am very grateful to my teachers and colleagues, especially to my late wife Dr. Wendy Xiaohui Wu ( ) for her contributions to this book. Robert Keqi Luo ( ) Leicester UK 2017

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Dr.Robert Keqi Luo ( ) BEng in 1981, MEng in 1984 at Central South University (China) & PhD in 1994 at South Bank University in London. He is Principal CAE Engineer at Trelleborg IAVS (20 years) in UK. He is CEng, IA & Fellow of the IMechE & featured in Who's Who. He has 80 publications with 35 articles in peer reviewed journals as first author.