Tensile fatigue behaviour and life distribution model of the pultruded fibre reinforced composites

Abstract

Pultruded fibre reinforced composite (PFRC) can be used in oil drilling because of the corrosion resistance and energy conservation. The studies of fatigue behaviour and life distribution model are essential to the design and application of PFRC. In this paper, the tensile fatigue behaviour of PFRC was studied by the experiment combining with the acoustic emission technology, and the fatigue life distribution model is established to explore the distribution characteristics of fatigue life. The results show that, the fatigue load level has little effect on the failure modes of PFRC, and the matrix damage occurred firstly followed by the appearance of the delamination and the fibre damage. The proposed fatigue life distribution model can accurately describe the three stages of the fatigue life curve, and can well predict the fatigue life under different survival rates.