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Effect of stress ratios on tension–tension fatigue behavior and micro-damage evolution of basalt fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer composites

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The tension–tension fatigue behavior and damage mechanism of basalt fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer (BFRP) composites at different stress ratios are studied in this paper. The fatigue experiments were performed under stress ratios, R = σmin/σmax of 0.1 and 0.5, while the lifetime and the stiffness degradation were monitored and analyzed to investigate the effect of stress ratios. The damage propagation during fatigue loading was periodically monitored by using an in situ scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that the fatigue life decreases and the fatigue life degradation rate increases with the decrease of stress ratio for examined BFRP composites. The stiffness degradation is also sensitive to different stress ratios, showing a greater stiffness loss before failure at lower stress ratio. From the SEM images, it is indicated that the micro-damage mode shifts from interface debonding and matrix cracking into fiber breaking with decreasing stress ratios.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0703000), the National Science Foundation of China (51678139), Key Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering (2016-XZ-13) and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD, CE02-2-44).

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  1. National and Local Unified Engineering Research Centre for Basalt Fiber Production and Application Technology, International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Xing Zhao, Xin Wang & Zhishen Wu

  2. Key Laboratory of C&PC Structures Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Xin Wang & Zhishen Wu

  3. Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Thomas Keller & Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

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Zhao, X., Wang, X., Wu, Z. et al. Effect of stress ratios on tension–tension fatigue behavior and micro-damage evolution of basalt fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer composites. J Mater Sci 53, 9545–9556 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2260-1

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