Fatigue analysis of unidirectional GFRP composites under combined bending and torsional loads

Composite Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-605

  El Assal, Ahmed M ^a   Khashaba, U A ^b  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Combined loads; Composites; Fatigue; Polyester; Pure torsion; Torsion bending; Unidirectional glass fiber

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; LOAD TESTING; POLYESTERS; TORSION TESTING; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONSTANT DEFLECTION FATIGUE MACHINE; TORSION/BENDING LOADING; UNIDIRECTIONAL GLASS FIBER;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BENDING; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LOADING (TESTING); POLYESTER FIBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33847621258     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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