The impact of antenatal uric acid serum levels on murine neonatal development

An approach based on rebound energy (resilience) change is proposed to predict stabilisation of the Mullins effect for anti-vibration systems. A silicone rubber product manufactured in industry was selected for experimentation and verification. A Mullins indicator, in terms of the maximum loading forces over the accumulated residual deflection throughout the loading-unloading cycles, is proposed as a criterion to evaluate the stabilisation of the Mullins effect. Industry typically employs a three-loading/unloading-cycle routine on this silicone rubber product to remove the Mullins effect by approximately 75%. To achieve 95% accuracy for stabilisation, seven loading-unloading cycles are suggested. Verification shows that the proposed approach predicts results very close to measured experimental values, and the method can be used for engineering design and industrial applications.