An empirical model for fatigue behavior prediction of glass fibre-reinforced plastic composites for various stress ratios and test frequencies

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-326

  Epaarachchi, Jayantha A ^a   Clausen, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Damage mechanics; Fatigue; Residual internal stress; Strength; Stress ratio effect

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

STRESS RATIO;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0037389976     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(03)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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