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

Bryan Harris185573608X, 9781855736085, 9781855738577

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 :
Preliminaries……Page 1
Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 13
Acknowledgements……Page 16
Contributor contact details……Page 17
1 A historical review of the fatigue behaviour of fibre reinforced plastics……Page 25
2 Fatigue test methods problems and standards……Page 58
3 Fatigue under multiaxial stress systems……Page 85
4 The effects of aggressive environments on long term behaviour……Page 139
5 The effect of the interface on the fatigue performance of fibre composites……Page 169
6 Delamination fatigue……Page 195
7 The fatigue of hybrid composites……Page 211
8 Non destructive evaluation of damage accumulation……Page 264
9 Short fibre thermoset composites……Page 291
10 Woven fibre thermoset composites……Page 318
12 Fatigue of wood and wood panel products……Page 361
13 Physical modelling of damage development in structural composite materials under stress……Page 387
14 Micromechanical models……Page 435
15 A computational meso damage model for life prediction for laminates……Page 454
16 A statistical study of the fatigue performance of fibre reinforced composite laminates……Page 464
17 Analysis of matrix crack induced delamination in composite laminates under static and fatigue loading……Page 492
18 Fatigue strength of composites under variable plane stress……Page 526
19 Life prediction under service loading spectra……Page 548
20 A parametric constant life model for prediction of the fatigue lives of fibre reinforced plastics……Page 568
21 A neural network approach to fatigue life prediction……Page 591
22 The fatigue performance of composite structural components……Page 615
23 Fatigue of joints in composite structures……Page 643
24 Fatigue in filament wound structures……Page 666
25 Fatigue of FRP composites in civil engineering applications……Page 680
26 Fatigue in aerospace applications……Page 708
27 Fatigue and durability of marine composites……Page 731
Index……Page 752