Ayse Mujdeci

Dr Mujdeci holds an MSc in civil engineering structures from City University of London and completed her PhD at Imperial College London in 2023. She received a research grant from the Ministry of National Education, Turkey for both MSc and PhD. Dr Mujdeci actively contributed to a research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc during her PhD. Now, she is a KTP associate at Cranfield University and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, where she specializes in developing predictive fatigue analysis tools for aircraft tires.

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Presentation

Interfacial adhesive behavior on rubber compounds for tire applications

Understanding the fatigue performance of rubber compounds is critical to predicting tire lifetime and potentially extending service life. The interfacial adhesive between rubber and cord is one of the key parameters affecting the fatigue behavior. This study provides a detailed experimental and numerical work on the Mode I (opening) interfacial adhesive performance using T-peel test samples. The effect of strain rate on the experimental work is analyzed. Cohesive zone modeling techniques are employed to predict the damage evaluation in the tests. Findings from this research can be useful to simulate fatigue behavior of the full scale tire.