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Fatigue Weakening of Optical Fiber
Author(s) -
Duncan William J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1986.tb07461.x
Subject(s) - materials science , fiber , optical fiber , composite material , strain (injury) , optics , physics , medicine
The weakening of optical fiber under static strain was measured in water and as a funetion of time in air. The weakening did not fit the crack‐growth model of fatigue nor did it follow the same path in air and water. However, the size of the H 2 O/D 2 O isotope effect suggested that fatigue could still result from a silica‐water reaction.