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Influence of Air Cooling on the Fatigue of a Polymer Composite Under Self-Heating

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The self-heating effect occurs during cyclic loadings or vibrations of composite elements, which may significantly intensify their structural degradation due to a rapid temperature increase. For minimizing this influence, the air cooling can be used. In this study, the influence of air cooling on the fatigue and residual life of a cyclically loaded structure was investigated by analyzing the self-heating temperature history and using acoustic emission. A phenomenological model of self-heating of a composite structure during air cooling is presented and discussed, with identification of possible scenarios of self-heating temperature evolution. The theoretical studies were verified experimentally, and results showed that, by removing the heat generated, the durability of a structure undergoing self-heating can be increased significantly.

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The results presented in this paper have been obtained within the framework of research grant No. 2015/17/D/ST8/01294 financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. The authors would like to thank Mateusz Tyczka from the Institute of Fundamentals of Machinery Design, Silesian University of Technology, for 3D-printing the nozzle for an air hose.

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 135-148, January-February, 2020.

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Katunin, A., Wachla, D. Influence of Air Cooling on the Fatigue of a Polymer Composite Under Self-Heating. Mech Compos Mater 56, 93–102 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-020-09863-9

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