Fracture Of Light Guiding Glass Rods Under Cyclic Loading Conditions

Peter Bajons; Brigitte Neite

doi:10.1117/12.939834

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3 June 1987 Fracture Of Light Guiding Glass Rods Under Cyclic Loading Conditions

Peter Bajons, Brigitte Neite

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Proceedings Volume 0748, Structural Mechanics of Optical Systems II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939834
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The cyclic fatigue behaviour of a set of light guiding glass rods is studied and the results are compared to data of soda lime glass rods.The rods were excited uniaxially in a high frequency (ultrasonic) system. A statistical staircase method is described and was used to compare the strengths of the soda lime and light guiding rods.Residual stresses in the light guides were determined from fractographic measurements and their possible influence on the observed lower strenght of the light guides is discussed.

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Peter Bajons and Brigitte Neite "Fracture Of Light Guiding Glass Rods Under Cyclic Loading Conditions", Proc. SPIE 0748, Structural Mechanics of Optical Systems II, (3 June 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939834

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