Reduction in tensile and flexural strength of unidirectional glass fibre-epoxy with increasing specimen size

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作者
Wisnom, MR [1 ]
Atkinson, JW [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Aerosp Engn, Bristol, Avon, England
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1016/S0263-8223(97)00075-5
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O3 [力学];
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08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
Size effects in tensile failure were investigated by means of tensile and four-point bending tests. Tapered tensile specimens with plies dropped off internally showed a reduction in strain at failure with increasing gauge length. Scaled bending tests also showed a reduction in strain with increasing specimen size. These two effects and the relationship between the tensile and flexural results could all be fitted satisfactorily with a Weibull strength model. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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