Fatigue in composites : science and technology of the fatigue response of fibre-reinforced plastics /

This major handbook is the first authoritative survey of current knowledge of fatigue behaviour of composites. It deals in detail with a wide range of problems met by designers in the automotive, marine and structural engineering industries. Compiled from the contributions of some of the best-known...

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Other Authors: Harris, Bryan, 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge, U.K. : CRC Press ; Woodhead, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to fatigue in composites
  • A historical review of the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced plastics / B. Harris
  • Fatigue test methods, problems and standards / G.D. Sims
  • Fatigue under multiaxial stress systems / M.M. Shokrieh and L.B. Lessard
  • Micromechanical aspects of fatigue in composites
  • The effect of aggressive environments on long-term behaviour / F.R. Jones
  • The effect of the interface on the fatigue performance of fibre composites / C. Galiotis and C. Koimtzoglou
  • Delamination fatigue / R. Martin
  • The fatigue of hybrid composites / G.F. Fernando and F.A.A. Al-Khodairi
  • Non-destructive evaluation of damage accumulation / A.P. Mouritz
  • Fatigue in different types of composites
  • Short-fibre thermoset composites / G. Caprino
  • Woven-Fibre thermoset composites / N.K. Naik
  • Fatigue of thermoplastic composites / E.K. Gamstedt and L.A. Berglund
  • Fatigue of wood and wood panel products / M.P. Ansell
  • Life-prediction methods for constant stress and variable stress
  • Physical modelling of damage development in structural composite materials under stress / P.W.R. Beaumont
  • Micromechanical models / K. Reifsnider and S. Case
  • A computational meso-damage model for life prediction for laminates / P. Ladeveze and G. Lubineau
  • A statistical study of the fatigue performance of fibre-reinforced composite laminates / X. Diao, L. Ye and Y-W. Mai
  • Analysis of matrix crack-induced delamination in composite laminates under static and fatigue loading / M. Kashtalyan and C. Soutis
  • Fatigue strength of composites under variable plane stress / T.P. Philippidis and A.P. Vassilopoulos
  • Life prediction under service loading spectra / L.J. Lee and K.E. Fu
  • A parametric constant-life model for prediction of the fatigue lives of fibre-reinforced plastics / B. Harris
  • A neural-network approach to fatigue-life prediction / J.A. Lee and D.P. Almond
  • Fatigue in practical situations
  • The fatigue performance of composite structural components / M.D. Gilchrist
  • Fatigue of joints in composite structures / J. Schon and R. Starikov
  • Fatigue in filament-wound structures / D. Perreux and F. Thiebaud
  • Fatigue of FRP composites in civil engineering applications / J.M.C. Cadei
  • Fatigue in aerospace applications / A.J. Davies and P.T. Curtis
  • Fatigue and durability of marine composites / P. Davies and D. Choqueuse and A. Roy.