Experimental and Constitutive Modelling of Viscoelastic Responses in Carbon Black-Filled Natural Rubber Under Cyclic

Savaş Kayacı1,2, Necmettin Kaya2

  • 1KE Engineering Co., Ltd., Bursa 16285, Turkey.

Polymers
|December 11, 2025
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