Faculty of Polytechnics, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trendy d.o.o., Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This work presents the combined method for determination of mechanical characteristics of elastic balls filled with fluid by using compression test and appropriate analytical-numerical method. Ordinary playing balls, being modelled with the Mooney-Rivlin
material model, are used in the study. Results obtained by this combined numerical-experimental analysis are compared with tensile test results. Very good agreements are achieved in terms of measured and simulated modulus of elasticity and ball thickness.
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