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Maximum value of fatigue parameter n for hermetically coated silica glass fibers

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Abstract

The lifetime and strength of silica fibers are limited by moisture-enhanced stress corrosion cracking known as static fatigue. Time to failure ts for a fiber under static stress σs is usually found from the following relation:1

© 1992 Optical Society of America

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