Future trends in predicting the fracture behaviour of rubber materials (products) are discussed. A complex methodology for the determination of rubber fracture behaviour from the energy viewpoint based on simulating realistic loading conditions in services applied to a rubber matrix in a laboratory test set-up is introduced. Because this is a pure rubber matrix investigation, additional effects such as rubber product design or assembling the final performance can be fully avoided. This methodology requires instrumented and automated laboratory equipment—an intrinsic strength analyser and a tear and fatigue analyser which represent the first commercialization of a classic method for assessing long-term durability. These testing methods are applied to quantify the behaviour of rubber compounds over a broad range of tearing energies—from the fatigue threshold up to the critical tearing energy or the ultimate tear strength \(T_{\mathrm {C}}\) to determine the relationship between fatigue crack growth rates da/dn versus the tearing energy T. This complex methodology was evaluated for carbon-black-reinforced compounds based on pure natural rubber and butadiene rubber typical for tire applications. Finally, the determined data were correlated with previous work done by Lake and Lindley (J Appl Polym Sci 9:1233–1251, 1965) as well as with practical experiences of tire manufacturers.

讨论了预测橡胶材料（产品）断裂行为的未来趋势。介绍了一种从能源角度确定橡胶断裂行为的复杂方法，该方法基于模拟在实验室测试设置中应用于橡胶基质的服务中的实际加载条件。因为这是纯橡胶基质研究，所以可以完全避免其他影响，例如橡胶产品设计或组装最终性能。这种方法需要仪器仪表和自动化的实验室设备-内在强度分析仪和撕裂和疲劳分析仪，这是评估长期耐久性的经典方法的首次商业化。\（T _ {\ mathrm {C}} \）来确定疲劳裂纹扩展速率d a / d n与撕裂能T之间的关系。对基于轮胎应用中典型的纯天然橡胶和丁二烯橡胶的炭黑增强复合材料，评估了这种复杂的方法。最后，确定的数据与Lake和Lindley先前所做的工作（J Appl Polym Sci 9：1233–1251，1965）以及轮胎制造商的实践经验相关。