Announcement

The Gumference is an international conference that is organized in a virtual manner to make it as accessible as possible to interested parties from academia and industry over the world.

Papers presented at the Gumference will be published in a permanent Topical Collection of the scientific journal Polymer Bulletin (Publisher: Springer) dedicated to novel and advanced testing methods that make connections to fundamental scientific principles, even showing how test results from simple pieces of uncured/cured elastomers or other soft polymers relate to real geometry and loading conditions, creating new opportunities to link laboratory test data to real product properties.

Organizing Team: Radek Stoček and Eric Euchler

Important dates

Next event is GUMFERENCE 2024

Registration closes07.02.2024
Access to the conference will be active on08.02.2024
Conference date08.02.2024
Talk confirmation20.12.2023
Final Program31.01.2024
Full paper submission15.03.2024

Scientific committee

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Radek Stoček
  • Dr.-Ing. Eric Euchler
  • Ing. Ondřej Kratina, Ph.D.
  • Ing. Martin Stěnička, Ph.D.

Registration fee

Register for the Gumference via the online registration page.

The amount of the registration fee is as follows:

Speaker0 EUR
Audience0 EUR
Students0 EUR

Scientific Programme 2024

8:45-8:55Radek Stoček (TBU, Zlin, CZE), Eric Euchler (IPF, Dresden, GER)Welcome notes
9:00-9:30Sven Henning (IMWS, Halle, GER)Advanced microscopy methods for morphology characterization of elastomers
9:35-10:05Xavier Morelle (INSA, Lyon, FRA)Study on structure heterogeneity of silicone rubbers by swelling, DMA and NMR analysis
10:10-10:20Radek Stoček (TBU, Zlin, CZE)Introduction into the M-ERA.Net-Project "ModEl FuturE"
10:20-10:30COFFEE BREAK
10:30-10:50Samir El Masri (TUD, Dresden, GER)Numerical computation of wear parameters using meta model
10:55-11:15Rebeca Cedeno (LMA, Marseilles, FRA)Non-linear viscosity modeling and simulation: accounting of the preload effect
11:20-11:40Jakub Pawlas (TBU, Zlin ,CZE)Effect of test parameters on the measurement of the internal strength of rubber
11:45-12:05Subhradeep Mandal (IPF, Dresden, GER)New elastomer generations for sustainable tire applications
12:10-12:40Frank Schmerwitz (Continental, Hannover, GER)Real world tire wear emission
12:45-13:45LUNCH BREAK
13:45-14:15Drahomír Čadek (UCT, Prague, CZE)Influences of copper and manganese compounds on thermo oxidation of NR
14:20-14:50Michaela Džuganová (STUBA, Bratislava, SVK)Perspective application of lignin as a component of rubber compounds
14:50-15:00COFFEE BREAK
15:00-15:30Rafal Anyszka (UT, Twente, NED)Micromorphology of filled butadiene/silicone rubber blends for Mars exploration
15:35-16:05Richard Pazur (DND, Ottawa, CAN)Investigating the heat resistance of peroxide cured silicone rubber
16:05-16:15Radek Stoček (TBU, Zlin, CZ), Eric Euchler (IPF, Dresden, GER)Farewell

Contact

GUMFERENCE Secretariat

Centre of polymer systems Tomas Bata University in Zlin tr. Tomase Bati 5678 76001, Zlin Czech republic Phone: +420 576 031 723

Responsible person: Ing. Ondřej Kratina, Ph.D. For direct contact, send mail to: okratina@utb.cz