Mean stress/strain effect on fatigue behavior of an epoxy resin

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2180-2190

  Tao, Gang ^a   Xia, Zihui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epoxy polymer; Mean stress strain effect; Non contact real time strain measurement; Uniaxial fatigue; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CURING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION;

EPOXY POLYMERS; MEAN STRESS; NON-CONTACT REAL-TIME STRAIN MEASUREMENT; UNIAXIAL FATIGUE;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 35448940018     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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