22MELPN - Elastomers and Rubber Tires

Course specification
Course title		Elastomers and Rubber Tires
Acronym		22MELPN
Study programme
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Ivanka Popović
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		4.0	Status
Condition		At least one polymer course passed at the BSc level.	Облик условљености
The goal		Mastering the properties of elastomers and rubber tires. Understanding procedures for developing and characterising rubber mixtures and determination of the properties and quality of elastomeric products. Mastering processes for the production of elastomers and rubber tires. Rubber tire life cycle assessment.
The outcome		Students are able to design elastomers and rubber tires depending on the required performance of the material/product.
Contents
Contents of lectures		The course covers: Introduction - importance of elastomers. Structure and properties of natural and synthetic rubbers. Non-rubber components of rubber mixtures and rubber mixture formulations. Crosslinking systems. Structure and properties of elastomers. Rheology of elastomers. Application and selection of eleastomers. Rubber processing operations. Type and design of rubber tires. Production of rubber tires. Properties of rubber tires. LCA of rubber tires.
Contents of exercises		Determination of viscosity by a Mooney viscometer. Research paper.
Literature
M.Plavšić, R.S. Popović, R.G. Popović, Elastomerni materijali, Naučna knjiga, Beograd , 1995 (Original title) Charles. A. Harper, Ed. “Handbook of Plastics, Elastomers & Composites”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002 (Original title) J. Mark, B. Erman, C.M. Roland, Science and Technology of Rubber, Elsevier, Amsterdam 2013 (Original title) G. Leister, Passenger Car Tires and Wheels, Springer, 2018 (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2		2
Methods of teaching		Настава се изводи кроз предавања, приказ примера из праксе и израду семинарског рада.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper
Practical lessons			Oral examination	70
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30