Application of Secondary Development Based on MATLAB in Rubber Life Prediction

Abstract

Rubber seals are polymer materials which are widely used in aerospace, weapon equipment technology, electrical and electronics, medical equipment and mechanical manufacture and other fields. Their properties will reduce progressively under the environmental conditions of high temperature, oxygen, and mechanical stress etc, that is so-called “aging”. In view of the huge losses and hidden dangers caused by the aging failure of rubber, and various phenomena will seriously affect the accuracy of life prediction and the understanding of rubber aging behavior, therefore, the rapid evaluation mechanism of the existing model established by software is used to evaluate the aging of rubber. In order to quickly calculate the rubber life of different material components, more than 10 classical model algorithms are established through the MATLAB platform in this paper. Users can choose relevant models to complete life prediction. The simulation results are close to the test results. The software improves the accuracy and reliability of life evaluation.