Strain in rubber coated rollers

Gerard Braat
Océ Nederland B.V.,
Research and Development,
Venlo, The Netherlands

Leendert J. van Gastel
CAN Expertise Centre
Kruislaan 413
1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Louis Saes
Océ Nederland B.V.,
Research and Development,
Venlo, The Netherlands

Jan Sanders
Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keywords: stress, strain, viscoelasticity

Abstract

For two steel rollers with several rubber layers that are pressed together, a system of equations for the displacement and strain is obtained along the lines of the classical theory of linear viscoelasticity. The use of computer algebra for linear algebra and code generation enables us to solve the equations, even if the number of layers becomes larger.

Computer Algebra in Industry Edited by A.M. Cohen © 1993 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Reproduced by permission of John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1995

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