Journal Published Online: 01 May 1997
Volume 25, Issue 3

Effect of Preloading on the Strength of Soda-Lime Glass

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

Static fatigue and bending experiments were carried out on as-cut soda-lime glass to investigate the effect of preloading on the residual strength. Ambient air or semi-controlled dry air was used for the preloading. The results show that preloading increases both the static fatigue life and bending strength. The static fatigue life increases with preloading load, and is longer after preloading in air than in dry air. In bending tests, the bending strength increases with preloading time. The improvements of the strength of glass by preloading are interpreted as stress enhanced aging. Two dominant mechanisms for aging, the crack blunting model and stress release model, were examined by using the present experimental results.

Author Information

Chen, X
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Matsumura, M
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Stock #: JTE11350J
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE11350J