FATIGUE RUPTURE OF WALLABY TAIL TENDONS

Authors
WANG XT KER RF ALEXANDER RM
Citation
Xt. Wang et al., FATIGUE RUPTURE OF WALLABY TAIL TENDONS, Journal of Experimental Biology, 198(3), 1995, pp. 847-852
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Journal of Experimental Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220949
Volume
198
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
847 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0949(1995)198:3<847:FROWTT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Wallaby tail tendons fail after repeated application of stresses much lower than would be needed to break them in a single pull. We show tha t this is a fatigue phenomenon, distinct from the creep rupture that o ccurs after prolonged application of a constant stress. The two phenom ena are distinguished by experiments in which tensile stress is cycled at different frequencies, ranging from 1 to 50 Hz.