Nature of fatigue behavior and effect of flaw size in polystyrene

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Fatigue tests under reversed tension‐compression have been made on polystyrene specimens in both the unnotched and notched condition. For the notched specimens subject to a stress amplitude of 2500 psi, the log of the fatigue life was found to be a linear function of the log of the notch size. From the data, it was possible to determine an inherent flaw size for polystyrene subject to alternating loading and this value is compared to corresponding values obtained from static tests. Fracture surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscopy and the changes produced by notching are discussed.

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