Journal Published Online: 27 March 2014
Volume 42, Issue 3

Regression of the Recovery Rate of ACM Rubber Gasket for Long-Term Performances

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

An engine head cover gasket in automobile engines is constantly exposed to high temperature and pressure conditions. The life time of an engine head cover gasket is important due to the increasing demand for more reliable automobile parts. The main failure mechanism of rubber gaskets, which is the aging due to temperature, can be determined using standard test equipment. The highly accelerated life test (HALT) is generally used for predicting the life time of rubber materials for a long period. Polyacrylate (ACM) with chlorine cure sites has been generally used for engine head gaskets. In order to improve the life time of such gaskets, ACM with carboxyl cure sites has been developed recently. In this study, we applied a mathematical model to obtain the recovery function of a rubber gasket, and utilized the fortran program in order to obtain the optimized recovery function by using the successive zooming genetic algorithm (SZGA). Comparisons of the mean squared error (MSE) between the function data and the experimental data have been made. The life times of ACM with carboxyl cure sites rubber gaskets for different compression rates were obtained using the Arrhenius model. More accurate quantitative predictions considering the maximum compression rate would be realized.

Author Information

Kwon, Young-Doo
School of Mechanical Engineering and IEDT, Kyungpook National Univ., Sankyuk-Dong, Daegu, KR
Roh, Kwon-Taek
Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ., Sankyuk-Dong, Daegu, KR
Kim, Sung-Soo
Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ., Sankyuk-Dong, Daegu, KR
Doh, Jae-Hyeok
Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ., Sankyuk-Dong, Daegu, KR
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Stock #: JTE20120354
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20120354