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In this paper, tensile and fatigue properties of poly-p-Phenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber have been investigated. The tensile test was carried out with a gauge length of 12.5 mm and displacement rate of 0.5 mm/min. The tensile strength data were analyzed in terms of the Weibull probability distribution function. Fatigue test was performed using an electromagnetic force fatigue tester. The fatigue testes were carried out at a frequency of 10 Hz with three stress ratios of 0.1, 0.5, and 0.7. It was found from the tensile strength test that the distribution of PBO fiber strengths expressed as Weibull distribution function with 2 parameters. The test results clearly showed that the fatigue behavior appeared in the S-N characteristic curves. The relation between the stress amplitude and the fatigue life depended on the stress ratio. However, the relation between the maximum stress and the fatigue life was independent of the stress ratio, and the maximum stress was most suitable parameter to describe the fatigue strength at the different stress ratios. Consequently, it became clear that the fatigue strength of the PBO fibers was not cycle dependent, but is time dependent. In addition, it is found by SEM observation that there are distinct differences between the surface image of tensile test specimen and that of fatigue test specimen, i.e., the crack length in the fatigue test specimens are much longer than that in the tensile test specimens.

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In this paper, tensile strength and behavior of low-intensity UV light irradiated poly-p-phenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber were investigated in monofilament tests. The tensile tests of a monofilament were carried out at a gauge length of 12.5 mm and deformation rate of 0.5 mm/min. Irradiation time was set to 0h, 1h, 10h, 100h and 1,000h, while radiance was arranged to become 2, 4 and 8 W/m 2. It was found that the tensile strength distribution of UV irradiated PBO fibers can be approximated to a normal distribution. Regardless of the degree of radiance, the tensile strength tends to decrease gradually with an increase in irradiation time. As radiance intensifies, however, corresponding curved lines move to lower positions, an indication of the dependency of the tensile strength on radiance. The relationship between radiation dosage and tensile strength converges on this one curved line irrespective of the degree of radiance. Therefore radiation dosage should be a valid parameter to measure the degradation of the strength of the PBO fibers exposed to UV light irradiation. In addition, it is found by SEM observation that there are distinct differences between the fracture surface image of UV non-irradiated fiber and that of irradiated fiber. Regardless of UV-irradiation, PBO fibers have split in the direction in which it is set. But the split part in UV-irradiated fiber is shorter than in the UV-non-irradiated fiber because UV-irradiated fiber has split vertically in portions.