ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract The quantitative relationship between creep and recovery which had been previously developed by Mindel and Brown [1] has been applied to interrupted creep tests. Single and multiple interruptions (fatigue) were investigated. In general it was observed that interruptions decreased the time to failure. The experiments were conducted in compression in the range of high stresses. Failure was caused by excessive deformation or accelerated creep which is produced by a softening mechanism that is common to all linear polymers. The temperature changes associated with the creep and recovery parts of the cyclic loading were measured. The temperature rise during loading exceeds the decrease during unloading so that there is a net rise in temperature if the creep and recovery intervals are equal. However, the temperature change is not the primary cause for the decrease in time-to-failure for cyclic loading as compared to the failure time during steady stress creep. It has been concluded that fatigue failure under compressive deformation is related fundamentally to the constant stress creep curve.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00540764
