Research

Viscoelastic Characterisation of Elastomer Materials

Principal investigator: James BUSFIELD
Funding source(s): Schlumberger Cambridge Research Ltd
 Start: 01-12-2014  /  End: 30-04-2015
 Amount: £35,000
Dynamic Seals in action.This project funded a PDRA, Dr Lewis Tunicliffe, to examine the viscoelastic behaviour of HNBR elastomer compounds used in dynamic sealing applications in the oil and gas sector. The aim being to create a dataset of properties to accurately model the materials behaviour for use in finite element modelling.