Fatigue design of highly loaded short-glass-fibre reinforced polyamide parts in engine compartments

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1279-1288

  Sonsino, C M ^a   Moosbrugger, E ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY LBF   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constant and variable amplitude loading; Fatigue strength; Highly stressed material volume; Mean stress; Notch effect; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LOAD TESTING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYAMIDES; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

CONSTANT AMPLITUDE LOADINGS; ENGINE COMPARTMENTS; FATIGUE DESIGNS; FIBRE ORIENTATION; HIGHLY STRESSED MATERIAL VOLUME; MEAN STRESSES; SHORT GLASS FIBRES; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADINGS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 41549158177     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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