Effect of fibre volume fraction on the fatigue behaviour of GRP pultruded rod composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Abd Allah, M H ^a   Abdin, Enayat M ^a   Selmy, A I ^a   Khashaba, U A ^a  

^a Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Composites; Failure mode; Fatigue; Pultruded rods; Specimen stiffness; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FIBRE-REINFORCED;

BENDING STRENGTH; DURABILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; POLYESTERS; PULTRUSION; SERVICE LIFE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONSTANT DEFLECTION FLEXURAL FATIGUE TEST; FAILURE MODES; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC PULTRUDED ROD COMPOSITE; MODIFIED PULTRUSION PROCESS; RESIDUAL STIFFNESS RATIO; STRESS AMPLITUDE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZERO MEAN STRESS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0029673794     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(95)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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