Abstract
The research at hand deals with durability analysis of cord-reinforced elastomers using the material force concept. Different types of steel cord reinforcement are used, in order to determine the influence of the cord construction on the fracture sensitivity of the composite product. The composite is analysed using the Extended Finite Element Method to reduce the effort of the meshing process for the complex geometry of twisted reinforcing cords. Material forces are computed at the crack tip area and a qualitative ranking of the different reinforcement types is obtained. The results are successfully compared to experimental investigations.
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