Historical overview and latest results: 30 Years of silica glass fiber reliability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4940, Issue , 2003, Pages 14-29

  Kurkjian, C R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue and aging limits; Fiber strength; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FUSED SILICA; RELIABILITY;

FIBER STRENGTH;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 0041667773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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