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

Bryan Harris0849317673, 9780849317675

Text introduces fatigue in composites, providing a historical review of the fatigue behavior of fiber-reinforced plastics. Reviews current research on micromechanical aspects, placing particular emphasis on longer term behavior, interface performance, delamination, and damage accumulation. For designers and materials scientists.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Title……Page 3
Copyright……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 8
Acknowledgements……Page 11
Contributor Contact Details……Page 12
Part I Introduction to Fatigue in Composites……Page 21
1. A Historical Review of the Fatigue Behaviour of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics……Page 22
2. Fatigue Test Methods, Problems and Standards……Page 61
3. Fatigue Under Multiaxial Stress Systems……Page 92
Part II Micromechanical Aspects of Fatigue in Composites……Page 152
4. The Effects of Aggressive Environments on Long-Term Behaviour……Page 153
5. The Effect of the Interface on the Fatigue Performance of Fibre Composites……Page 189
6. Delamination Fatigue……Page 218
7. The Fatigue of Hybrid Composites……Page 236
8. Non-Destructive Evaluation of Damage Accumulation……Page 299
Part III Fatigue in Different Types of Composites……Page 329
9. Short-Fibre Thermoset Composites……Page 330
10. Woven-Fibre Thermoset Composites……Page 360
11. Fatigue of Thermoplastic Composites……Page 379
12. Fatigue of Wood and Wood Panel Products……Page 408
Part IV Life-Prediction Methods for Constant Stress and Variable Stress……Page 435
13. Physical Modelling of Damgage Development in Structural Composite Materials Under Stress……Page 436
14. Micromechanical Models……Page 493
15. A Computational Mesodamage Model for Life Prediction for Laminates……Page 514
16. A Statistical Study of the Fatigue Performance of Fibre-Reinforced Composite Laminates……Page 525
17. Analysis of Matrix Crack-Induced Delamination in Composite Laminates Under Static and Fatigue Loading……Page 557
18. Fatigue Strength of Composite Under Variable Plane Stress……Page 595
19. Life Prediction Under Service Loading Spectra……Page 619
20. A Parametric Constant-life Model for Prediction of the Fatigue Lives of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics……Page 642
21. A Neural-network Approach to Fatigue-Life Prediction……Page 669
Part V Fatigue in Practical Situations……Page 693
22. The Fatigue Performance of Composite Structural Components……Page 694
23. Fatigue of Joints in Composite Structures……Page 725
24. Fatigue in Filament-Wound Structures……Page 751
25. Fatigue of FRP Composites in Civil Engineering Applications……Page 766
26. Fatigue in Aerospace Applications……Page 796
27. Fatigue and Durability of Marine Composites……Page 821
Index……Page 845