Fatigue in Composites: Science and Technology of the Fatigue Response of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering)

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. 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 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 researchers in the field, it provides an invaluable, practical and encyclopaedic handbook covering recent developments.

• Comprehensively discusses the problems of fatigue in composites met by designers in the aerospace, marine and structural engineering industries
• Provides a general introduction on fatigue in composites before reviewing current research on micromechanical aspects
• Analyses various types of composites with respect to fatigue behaviour and testing and provides in-depth coverage of life-prediction models for constant variable stresses

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 researchers in the field, it provides an invaluable, practical and encyclopaedic handbook covering recent developments. Comprehensively discusses the problems of fatigue in composites met by designers in the aerospace, marine and structural engineering industries Provides a general introduction on fatigue in composites before reviewing current research on micromechanical aspects Analyses various types of composites with respect to fatigue behaviour and testing and provides in-depth coverage of life-prediction models for constant variable stresses Descripción del editor: " 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 researchers in the field, it provides an invaluable, practical and encyclopaedic handbook covering recent developments" (Elsevier) A survey of work on the fatigue behavior of composites dealing with the problems met with by materials scientists and designers in aerospace, automotive, marine, and structural engineering. Including a historical review, standards, micromechanical aspects, life-prediction methods for constant stress and variable stress, and fatigue in practical situations The engineer's perception of the phenomenon of fatigue is so closely linked with the behaviour of homogeneous, isotropic, metallic materials that there has often been a tendency to treat modern fibre composites as though they were metals.