Rubber parts such as silicone diaphragms, septums, seals, valves, tubing, and balloons are critical components in many of today’s medical devices. FEA can be an excellent tool for design engineers to ...

When it comes to rubber products, designs, materials, and manufacturing processes are still largely trial and error. CFD or FEA usually comes into play only after ...

Working with rubber is no easy feat. Rubber seals are used in various industries, including automotive, manufacturing, chemicals, and medicine, and they remain a critical part of functioning ...

Little-known features in FEA software convert test data into inputs for simulating hyperelastic materials. Accurate material-data inputs are essential for any computer-aided-engineering analysis. But ...