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Experimental evaluation of the strength distribution of E-glass fibres at high strain rates

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A bimodal Weibull distribution function was applied to analyse the strength distribution of glass fibre bundles under tensile impact. The simulation was performed using a one-dimensional damage constitutive model. The results show that there were two concurrent flaw populations in the fracture process. The regression analysis using the bimodal Weibull distribution function was in good agreement with experiment.

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  1. Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, P. R. China

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Wang, Z. Experimental evaluation of the strength distribution of E-glass fibres at high strain rates. Appl Compos Mater 2, 257–264 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567196

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