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An Experimental Study on the Fatigue Mechanism and Life Prediction of Glass Fiber Plates Under Random Vibrations

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The damage mechanism of 2D woven fiberglass panels under random vibration loadings was investigated by means of an experimental analysis and compared with the damage mechanism under constant-amplitude loadings. Based on experimental observations, it was found that the failure mode under vibration loadings was delamination, and predicting the vibration fatigue life using the traditional S – N curve would result in significant errors. Therefore, a prediction method was proposed to accurately estimate the vibration fatigue life of a 2D woven fiberglass panel by modifying the conventional S – N curve. An experimental verification showed that this method has a high level of prediction accuracy.

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  1. Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Power System, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    T. Wu

  2. Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science for National Defense-Advanced Design Technology of Flight Vehicle, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    X. Xie

  3. State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    W. Yao

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Wu, T., Xie, X. & Yao, W. An Experimental Study on the Fatigue Mechanism and Life Prediction of Glass Fiber Plates Under Random Vibrations. Mech Compos Mater 60, 375–384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-024-10193-3

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