Effect of notches and glass fiber reinforcement on fatigue behavior of polycarbonate

✍ Scribed by Toshikazu Misaki; Junji Kishi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 280 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1978.070220725

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of a notch on the tensile properties of polycarbonate and 30% glass fiber‐reinforced polycarbonate, two types of notched specimens were prepared. These notches were a sharp 60° notch and a dull notch with rounded tip 1.5 mm in radius at the base of the 60° notch. The notches decreased the tensile strength of polycarbonate. The sharp notch reduced tensile strength more effectively than the dull notch. In 30% glass fiber‐reinforced polycarbonate, even the dull notch decreased the tensile strength considerably. Unnotched polycarbonate was subjected to cyclic tensile loading of 10^4^ cycles at 10 Hz, with varying cyclic stress. It was found that the elongation at break decreased rapidly with increase in cyclic stress. The notches considerably decreased the tensile fatigue strengths of polycarbonate and glass fiber‐reinforced polycarbonate in 10^4^ cycles at 10 Hz.