The literature related to the metal rubber mechanics properties in the past half century were summarized

providing a comprehensive overview on the state of the art of this research area. Then the researches related to metal rubber were reviewed systematically and thoroughly from several aspects

such as manufacture technology

macroscopic mechanics property and formulation mechanics

mechanics modeling

mechanics property and its influence parameters

novel metal rubber

and engineering application. Results showed that metal rubber preparation was still in the transition stage from the laboratory to the industrial production. Furthermore

the key problems related to the metal rubber study were solved to develop unified national standards of preparation process as well as performance testing methods and establish a database of metal rubber mechanics properties.