Abstract

We experimentally determined the decrease of residual compressive strength of the pultruded glass-fiber laminate after tension-compression cyclic loading. The adapted Arcan rig was used for tension-compression fatigue tests. The cyclic load was applied with the critical stress ratio R=−0.87. The residual compressive strength was determined after applying the predefined number of loading cycles with the stress amplitudes of 242 MPa and 173 MPa. The results indicated that the residual compressive strength was reduced about 20% at 77% of fatigue life under the stress amplitude of 242 MPa and at 83% of fatigue life under the stress amplitude of 173 MPa. The microstructural analysis showed that the crack growth path and failure mode depend on the stress amplitude.

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