The progressive nature of fatigue damage due to cyclic loading on glass fiber reinforced plastics was studied. The residual strength of the specimens subjected to fluctuating tension with a given number of cycles was measured, and the number of cracks developed in the samples were counted by means of a microscope. From our test results, the progression process of fatigue damage in the composite materials can be divided into three stages.
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