TY - CONF A1 - Raedel, Martina A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Kömmling, Anja ED - Roemich, Hannelore ED - Fair, Lauren T1 - Testing bulked adhesives for the Restoration of Stained-Glass Windows N2 - In this study, bulked adhesives were examined regarding changes in properties for their use in the restoration of stained-glass windows. Two epoxy adhesives commonly used in the restoration of flat glass, Araldite® 2020 and Hxtal NYL-1™, were investigated. The adhesives were mixed with various silica-based micro- and nano-particles as fillers. Different tests were carried out on the adhesives with and without fillers in order to characterise their chemical and mechanical properties. The tests included colorimetry, dynamic-mechanical methods of analysis and tests on bending strength. No property changes could be ascertained in the bulked adhesives that would be negative for the restoration of delicate flat glass. T2 - Recent advances in glass and ceramics - ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting CY - Breslau / Wroclaw, Poland DA - 25.05.2016 KW - bulked epoxy adhesives KW - micro-fillers KW - nano-fillers PY - 2016 SN - 978-83-64419-80-5 SP - 155 EP - 163 AN - OPUS4-36457 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Ageing of HNBR, EPDM and FKM O-rings N2 - HNBR, EPDM and FKM O-rings were aged uncompressed and compressed at 75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C for up to 1 year. HNBR exhibited the strongest ageing effects with high increases of hardness and glass transition temperature. Furthermore, heterogeneous ageing caused by diffusion-limited oxidation effects had a significant influence for HNBR at ageing temperatures of 125 °C and 150 °C. EPDM showed similar property changes as HNBR, but less pronounced. FKM displayed only minor ageing effects. O-rings aged in compression exhibited considerable compression set (CS). CS data was used for a time-temperature shift and resulting master curve construction. Leakage rate measurements showed that O-rings can remain leak tight under static conditions even if material properties have already deteriorated strongly. N2 - HNBR-, EPDM- und FKM-O-Ringe wurden unverpresst und verpresst für bis zu 1 Jahr bei 75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C und 150 °C gealtert. HNBR wies mit hohen Anstiegen von Härte und Glasübergangstemperatur die stärksten Alterungseffekte auf. Weiterhin hatte heterogene Alterung aufgrund von diffusionsbegrenzten Oxidationseffekten einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf HNBR bei Alterungstemperaturen von 125 °C und 150 °C. EPDM zeigte ähnliche Eigenschaftsänderungen wie HNBR, allerdings schwächer ausgeprägt. FKM wies nur geringfügige Alterungseffekte auf. O-Ringe, die verpresst gealtert wurden, hatten eine starke bleibende Verformung (DVR). Die gemessenen DVRWerte wurden für eine Zeit-Temperatur-Verschiebung und die Konstruktion einer Masterkurve genutzt. Leckageratenmessungen zeigten, dass O-Ringe unter statischen Bedingungen dicht bleiben können, auch wenn die Materialeigenschaften schon stark degradiert sind. KW - Aging KW - Degradation KW - Leakage KW - Compression KW - Seal PY - 2016 SN - 0022-9520 SN - 0948-3276 VL - 69 IS - 4 SP - 36 EP - 42 PB - Hüthig CY - Heidelberg, Germany AN - OPUS4-36336 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Influence of ageing on sealability of HNBR, EPDM and FKM O-rings N2 - At BAM, which is a federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany, it is our responsibility to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radio-active material. This includes assessment of the elastomeric seals applied in the containers. Besides examining the low-temperature behaviour of elastomeric seals, it is our goal to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. Therefore, we started an ageing programme with selected rubbers (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) which are oven-aged at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) up to 1.5 years. In order to assess sealability, O-rings are aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates as well as in flanges that allow leakage rate measurements. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings are aged as well. Further methods characterising seal performance are compression stress relaxation (CSR) reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time, and compression set (CS) which represents the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression. Many other properties, e.g. hardness or glass transition temperature, are influenced in opposite directions by crosslinking and chain scission reactions during ageing. By contrast, CSR and CS are influenced additively by each reaction type, as crosslinking leads to the formation of network chains that are in equilibrium with the compressed geometry, and broken chains lose their recovery potential and their contribution to the sealing force. The experimental results indicate that while CSR and CS show considerable degradation effects, the leakage rate stays constant or even decreases until shrinkage and the loss of resilience of the aged sample leads to the formation of a leak path. T2 - PolyMerTec 2016 CY - Merseburg, Germany DA - 15.07.2016 KW - Degradation KW - Elastomer KW - Seal KW - Compression PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-36993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Lifetime Prediction of Elastomeric O-Ring Seals N2 - BAM is the federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany. One of our tasks is to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive waste. As elastomeric seals are used in the containers as safety-relevant parts, it is our goal to be able to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. For this reason, an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used for seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) was started. Ageing was performed at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) for up to 2 years. For assessing properties related to the sealability, O-rings were aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings were aged as well. The aged materials were characterized with conventional polymer analysis methods such as hardness and tensile tests, but also with more seal-specific methods such as compression stress relaxation (CSR, reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time), and compression set (CS, representing the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression). CS is chosen as the property for lifetime prediction as it is both sensitive to degradation and related to the seal performance. CS data is extrapolated to 60 °C, which yields lifetimes of approximately 5 years for HNBR and 64 years for EPDM for a criterion of 85 % CS respectively, and approx. 40 years for FKM for a criterion of 65 % CS (the highest value measured so far). T2 - Herbsttagung DKG Bezirksgruppe Süd-Südwest CY - Würzburg, Germany DA - 06.10.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Ageing KW - EPDM KW - HNBR KW - FKM PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38010 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Revealing effects of chain scission during ageing of EPDM rubber using relaxation and recovery experiment N2 - Both chain scission and crosslinking reactions occur during ageing of EPDM rubber. However, with many conventional polymer analysis methods such as hardness and DMA, it is hardly possible to obtain information about the contribution of each reaction type to the measured data. For example, hardness and Tg both increase during ageing of EPDM, indicating crosslinking during ageing, but it is not clear whether this is partly counterbalanced by chain scission reactions which would lower hardness and Tg. An indication that chain scission reactions probably counteract the hardness or Tg increase by crosslinking is given by Compression Set (CS) measurements. CS exhibits a higher change than hardness or Tg, as CS increases additively through both chain scission and crosslinking reactions. In order to elucidate the share of chain scission reactions in the total degradation, a method testing relaxation and recovery behaviour using DMA equipment was applied. The method revealed the strong influence of chain scissions, leading to more pronounced relaxation and higher residual strain after compression. KW - Compression set KW - DMA KW - Nnetwork KW - Crosslinking PY - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.10.026 SN - 0142-9418 SN - 1873-2348 IS - 56 SP - 261 EP - 268 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-38012 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Influence of Ageing on Sealability of HNBR, EPDM and FKM O-rings N2 - At BAM, which is a federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany, it is one of our tasks to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive material. This includes assessment of elastomeric seals applied in the containers. Besides examining the low-temperature behaviour and irradiation effects of elastomeric seals, it is our goal to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. Therefore, we started an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used in seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) which are aged at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) up to 1.5 years. In order to assess sealability, O-rings are aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates as well as in flanges that allow leakage rate measurements. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings are aged as well. Further methods characterising seal performance are compression stress relaxation (CSR) reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time, and compression set (CS) which represents the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression. In order to understand the underlying ageing mechanisms in each material, the change in material properties is examined using thermal and mechanical analysis. The experimental results indicate that while material properties, CSR and CS show considerable degradation effects, the leakage rate stays constant or even decreases until shrinkage and the loss of resilience of the aged seal leads to the formation of a leakage path. This indicates that static leakage rate, which is the most relevant criterion for seal performance, has only limited sensitivity for the degradation of the seal material. T2 - International Sealing Conference CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 12.10.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Degradation KW - Lifetime prediction PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38013 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Influence of Ageing on Sealability of HNBR, EPDM and FKM O-rings N2 - At BAM, which is the federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany, it is one of our tasks to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive material. This includes assessment of elastomeric seals applied in the containers. Besides examining the low-temperature behaviour and irradiation effects of elastomeric seals, it is our goal to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. Therefore, we started an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used for seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) which are aged at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) up to 1 year. In order to assess sealability, O-rings are aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates as well as in flanges that allow leakage rate measurements. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings are aged as well. Further methods characterising seal performance are compression stress relaxation (CSR) reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time, and compression set (CS) which represents the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression. Additionally, hardness is measured for information about the change of mechanical properties. The experimental results indicate that while hardness, CSR and CS show considerable degradation effects, the leakage rate stays constant or even decreases until shrinkage and the loss of resilience of the aged seal leads to the formation of a leakage path. This indicates that static leakage rate, which is the only available direct seal performance criterion, has only limited sensitivity for the degradation of the seal material. T2 - International Sealing Conference CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 12.10.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Seal KW - Degradation PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-8163-0674-9 VL - 2016 SP - 551 EP - 563 PB - VDMA AN - OPUS4-38014 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Chatzigiannakis, Emmanouil A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - von der Ehe, Kerstin A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Discoloration effects of high-dose γ-irradiation and long-term thermal ageing of (U)HMW-PE N2 - Two polyethylene types with ultra high (UHMWPE) and high molecular weight (HMWPE), which are used as neutron radiation shielding materials in storage casks for radioactive waste, were subjected to gamma irradiation doses up to 600 kGy and subsequent thermal ageing at 125 °C for up to one year. One material was a medical grade UHMWPE and the other a HMWPE containing an antioxidant. Degradation effects in the materials were characterized using colorimetry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, MIR and FTIR measurements, DSC and, in the case of HMWPE, insoluble content determination. Both materials exhibited a yellowing upon irradiation. The discoloration of UHMWPE disappeared again after thermal ageing, which is why it was attributed to annealable color centers in the form of free radicals entrapped in the crystalline regions of the polymer that recombine during thermal ageing. Furthermore, oxidation species were observed with MIR and FTIR spectroscopy. For HMWPE, the yellowing occurred during both irradiation and thermal ageing and was correlated to antioxidant decomposition. Additionally, black spots were observed after thermal ageing of HMWPE that were attributed to reaction products of antioxidant derivatives and catalyst residues. While only little evidence of oxidation species was found in the light material parts, oxidation is expected to concentrate in the black spots as the catalyst residue promotes hydroperoxide decomposition and thus radical formation that initiate polymer oxidation T2 - Ionizing Radiation and Polymers Conference CY - Giens, France DA - 25.09.2016 KW - Polyethylene KW - Gamma-irradiation KW - Yellowing KW - Degradation PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38001 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Lifetime Prediction of Elastomeric O-Ring Seals N2 - The ageing of polymers, including elastomers, is an undesirable but inevitable process leading to a limited lifetime of rubber products such as seals. In order to investigate the degradation of material properties of elastomers used as seals, an ageing programme was started with hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) and fluorocarbon rubber (FKM) [1-3]. Sheets of 2 mm thickness were aged at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) for time periods of 1 day up to 1 year. The aged samples were examined using standard analytical methods such as hardness, dynamic-mechanical analysis (DMA), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), mass loss, density and tensile tests. Additionally, DMA equipment was used to investigate relaxation and recovery behaviour which is more sensitive to degradation effects and can help to correctly interpret data from hardness and DMA measurements. The results show e.g. an increase in hardness and glass transition temperature for HNBR and, less pronounced, for EPDM. This confirms ageing mechanisms described in the literature, e.g. dominant crosslinking reactions in HNBR and both chain scissions and crosslinking for EPDM. FKM, which is very heat resistant, exhibits only minor degradation. Where possible, shift factors for time-temperature data sets were determined. The values obtained from different methods are compared and discussed. T2 - Modification, Degradation and Stabilization of Polymer (MoDeSt) Conference CY - Cracow, Poland DA - 04.09.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Ageing KW - EPDM KW - HNBR KW - FKM PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38006 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Wolff, Dietmar A1 - Jaunich, Matthias T1 - Lifetime Prediction of Elastomeric O-Ring Seals N2 - BAM is the federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany. One of our tasks is to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive waste. As elastomeric seals are used in the containers as safety-relevant parts, it is our goal to be able to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. For this reason, an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used for seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) was started. Ageing was performed at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) for up to 2 years. For assessing properties related to the sealability, O-rings were aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings were aged as well. The aged materials were characterized with conventional polymer analysis methods such as hardness and tensile tests, but also with more seal-specific methods such as compression stress relaxation (CSR, reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time), and compression set (CS, representing the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression). CS is chosen as the property for lifetime prediction as it is both sensitive to degradation and related to the seal performance. CS data is extrapolated to 60 °C, which yields lifetimes of approximately 5 years for HNBR and 64 years for EPDM for a criterion of 85 % CS respectively, and approx. 40 years for FKM for a criterion of 65 % CS (the highest value measured so far). T2 - Vortrag bei der Uni der Bundeswehr CY - Munich, Germany DA - 06.10.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Ageing KW - EPDM KW - HNBR KW - FKM PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38007 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Ageing and lifetime prediction of O-ring seals made of HNBR, EPDM and FKM N2 - BAM is the federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany. One of our tasks is to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive waste. As elastomeric seals are used in the containers as safety-relevant parts, it is our goal to be able to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. For this reason, an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used for seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) was started. Ageing was performed at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) for up to 2 years. For assessing properties related to the sealability, O-rings were aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings were aged as well. The aged materials were characterized with conventional polymer analysis methods such as hardness and tensile tests, but also with more seal-specific methods such as compression stress relaxation (CSR, reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time), and compression set (CS, representing the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression). CS is chosen as the property for lifetime prediction as it is both sensitive to degradation and related to the seal performance. CS data is extrapolated to 60 °C, which yields lifetimes of approximately 5 years for HNBR and 64 years for EPDM for a criterion of 85 % CS respectively, and approx. 40 years for FKM for a criterion of 65 % CS (the highest value measured so far). T2 - Kautschuk Herbst Kolloquium / Fall Rubber Colloquium 2016 CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 22.11.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Compression set KW - Extrapolation KW - Leakage PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38480 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Ageing and lifetime prediction of O-ring seals made of HNBR, EPDM and FKM N2 - BAM is the federal institute for materials research and testing in Germany. One of our tasks is to evaluate the safety of casks designed for transport and/or storage of radioactive waste. As elastomeric seals are used in the containers as safety-relevant parts, it is our goal to be able to evaluate the service lifetime of the seals with regard to the requirements for long-term safety (40 years and more) of the containers. For this reason, an accelerated ageing programme with selected rubbers often used for seals (HNBR, EPDM and FKM) was started. Ageing was performed at four different temperatures (75 °C, 100 °C, 125 °C and 150 °C) for up to 2 years. For assessing properties related to the sealability, O-rings were aged in compression by 25 % (corresponding to the compression during service) between plates. For comparison, uncompressed O-rings were aged as well. The aged materials were characterized with conventional polymer analysis methods such as hardness and tensile tests, but also with more seal-specific methods such as compression stress relaxation (CSR, reflecting the loss of sealing force of a compressed seal over time), and compression set (CS, representing the recovery behaviour of a seal after release from compression). CS is chosen as the property for lifetime prediction as it is both sensitive to degradation and related to the seal performance. CS data is extrapolated to 60 °C, which yields lifetimes of approximately 5 years for HNBR and 64 years for EPDM for a criterion of 85 % CS respectively, and approx. 40 years for FKM for a criterion of 65 % CS (the highest value measured so far). T2 - 12. Kautschuk Herbst Kolloquium CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 22.11.2016 KW - Rubber KW - Compression set KW - Extrapolation KW - Degradation PY - 2016 SN - 9783981407648 VL - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38483 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Effects of heterogeneous aging in compressed HNBR and EPDM O-ring seals N2 - Seals used in containers for dangerous goods need to maintain leak tightness for several decades. For investigating the change in seal material properties during aging, a comprehensive aging program on both uncompressed and compressed EPDM and HNBR seals was started. In order to obtain results closely related to practical conditions, O-rings with a full-scale cord diameter of 10 mm were aged. However, this set-up can lead to heterogeneous aging caused by diffusion-limited oxidation (DLO) effects. These effects depend on material, dimensions, time and temperature. Heterogeneous aging results in distorted bulk properties such as compression stress relaxation and compression set (CS) suggesting that HNBR has better performance than EPDM at 150 °C but which is not the case at 100 °C. The presence of heterogeneous material properties was shown by hardness measurements across the seal cross-section. If DLO-affected data is excluded, extrapolations of CS data are possible using time-temperature shifts and Arrhenius graphs. Exemplary CS values of 50 % and 80 % would be reached after approx. 10 years and 29 years, respectively for HNBR and after approx. 400 years and 1100 years, respectively for EPDM. KW - Ageing KW - Rubber KW - Compression KW - DLO KW - Extrapolation KW - Lifetime prediction PY - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2016.01.012 VL - 126 SP - 39 EP - 46 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-35775 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Weber, Mike A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar A1 - Zencker, Uwe A1 - Völzke, Holger A1 - Schulze, Dietmar T1 - Testing and numerical simulation of elastomeric seals under consideration of time dependent effects N2 - Due to delays in the siting procedure to establish a deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel and high level waste and in construction of the already licensed Konrad repository for low and intermediate level waste, extended periods of interim storage will become more relevant in Germany. BAM is involved in most of the cask licensing procedures and is responsible for the evaluation of cask-related long-term safety issues. Elastomeric seals are widely used as barrier seals for containers for low and intermediate level radioactive waste. In addition they are also used as auxiliary seals in spent fuel storage and transportation casks (dual purpose casks (DPC)). To address the complex requirements resulting from the described applications, BAM has initiated several test programs for investigating the behavior of elastomeric seals. These include experiments concerning the hyperelastic and viscoelastic behavior at different temperatures and strain rates, the low temperature performance down to -40°C, the influence of gamma irradiation and the aging behavior. The first part of the paper gives an overview of these tests, their relevant results and their possible impact on BAM’s work as a consultant in the framework of approval and licensing procedures. The second part presents an approach of the development of a finite element model using the finite element code ABAQUS®. The long-term goal is to simulate the complex elastomeric behavior in a complete lid closure system under specific operation and accident conditions. T2 - ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2016) CY - Vancouver, BC, Canada DA - 17.07.2016 KW - Elastomeric seals KW - Testing KW - Low temperature behavior KW - Aging KW - Simulation KW - Time dependent effects PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-7918-5045-9 VL - 7 SP - Paper 63192, 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-37046 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -