Effects of shear stress component and loading path on fatigue strength under tension/torsion biaxial cyclic loading
- Doshisha Univ., Kyoto (Japan). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The material degradation and its mechanism of a plain woven glass fabric under tension/torsion biaxial cyclic loading were investigated. Thin-walled tubular specimens were used. Different types of loading sequence were applied to the specimens in order to estimate the effect of shear stress component on fatigue degradation of the composite under biaxial cyclic loading. All biaxial loads were proportionally applied to the specimens, but the number of torsion loading cycles and its direction (pulsating or alternate) were changed. Various wave forms were also used to estimate the effect of loading path. Loading path was changed but the final stress state (tensile and shear stresses) was the same. Stress-strain relation and stiffness reduction were observed to evaluate the degree of fatigue damage. The experimental results show that the role of shear stress is important when the material degradation is dominated by the shear stress component although the effect of shear stress component on fatigue strength decreases with an increase of tensile stress component under tension/torsion biaxial loading. Loading sequence also affects more or less on the fatigue life. On the other hand, it is well estimated that the fatigue life is little dependent on loading path in the case of high cycle fatigue.
- OSTI ID:
- 89879
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9409291-; ISBN 1-56676-220-0; TRN: IM9536%%309
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. technical conference of the American Society for Composites, Newark, DE (United States), 20-22 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Society for Composites: Ninth technical conference; PB: 1319 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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