ASTM D 4482 - 11 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Extension Cycling Fatigue

Current edition approved May 1, 2011. Published July 2011. Originally approved in 1985. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D4482 – 07. — 10 p.
This test method covers the determination of fatigue life of rubber compounds undergoing a tensile-strain cycle. During part of the cycle, the strain is relaxed to a zero value. The specimens are tested without intentionally initiated flaws, cuts, or cracks. Failure is indicated by a complete rupture of the test specimen.
No exact correlation between these test results and service is given or implied. This is due to the varied nature of service conditions. These test procedures do yield data that can be used for the comparative evaluation of rubber compounds for their ability to resist (dynamic) extension cycling fatigue.