Fatigue In Composites

Fatigue in Composites

• Author : Bryan Harris
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release Date : 2003-10-31
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 768
• ISBN 10 : 185573608X
• Total Read : 82
• File Size : 13,6 Mb

Fiber composites, like metals, exhibit a form of degradation in service described as fatigue. Engineers must understand composite fatigue because it is a causative agent of design and structural failures. Engineers need to increase their knowledge of the mechanisms which result in degradation in order to predict the life of a composite under specified conditions and produce composites with greater durability. This book provides an extensive account of contemporary research on fatigue from a selection of internationally recognized researchers. Part one introduces the concept, delivering a historical review of the fatigue behavior of fiber-reinforced plastics and illustrating fatigue test methods and fatigue under multiaxial stress systems. The second part reviews current research on micromechanical aspects, emphasizing long-term behavior, interface performance, delamination, and damage accumulation. The next two sections cover the analysis and testing of fatigue behavior and detail physical, micromechanical, computational, statistical, and life-prediction models for constant and variable stress. The final parts offer an overview of the wide range of composite fatigue-related problems experienced by engineers in aerospace, marine, and structural engineering.

Fatigue Life Prediction of Composites and Composite Structures

• Author : Anastasios Vassilopoulos
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release Date : 2019-10-08
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 764
• ISBN 10 : 9780081025765
• Total Read : 72
• File Size : 15,6 Mb

Fatigue Life Prediction of Composites and Composite Structures, Second Edition, is a comprehensive review of fatigue damage and fatigue life modeling and prediction methodologies for composites and their use in practice. In this new edition, existing chapters are fully updated, while new chapters are introduced to cover the most recent developments in the field. The use of composites is growing in structural applications in many industries, including aerospace, marine, wind turbine and civil engineering. However, there are uncertainties about their long-term performance, including performance issues relating to cyclic fatigue loading that hinder the adoption of a commonly accepted credible fatigue design methodology for the life prediction of composite engineering structures. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, this book is a standard reference for industry professionals and researchers alike. Examines past, present and future trends associated with the fatigue life prediction of composite materials and structures Assesses novel computational methods for fatigue life modeling and prediction of composite materials under constant amplitude loading Covers a wide range of techniques for predicting fatigue, including their theoretical background and practical applications Addresses new topics and covers contemporary research developments in the field

Fatigue of Composite Materials

• Author : K.L. Reifsnider
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2012-12-02
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 532
• ISBN 10 : 9780444597182
• Total Read : 88
• File Size : 6,5 Mb

This book provides the first comprehensive review of its kind on the long-term behaviour of composite materials and structures subjected to time variable mechanical, thermal, and chemical influences, a subject of critical importance to the design, development, and certification of high performance engineering structures. Specific topics examined include damage, damage characterization, and damage mechanics; fatigue testing and evaluation; fatigue behaviour of short and long fibre reinforced polymer and metal matrix materials; viscoelastic and moisture effects; delamination; statistical considerations; the modeling of cumulative damage development; and life prediction. The volume provides an extensive presentation of data, discussions, and comparisons on the behaviour of the major types of material systems in current use, as well as extensive analysis and modeling (including the first presentation of work not found elsewhere). The book will be of special interest to engineers concerned with reliability, maintainability, safety, certification, and damage tolerance; to materials developers concerned with making materials for long-term service, especially under severe loads and environments, and to lecturers, students, and researchers involved in material system design, performance, solid mechanics, fatigue, durability, and composite materials. The scope of the work extends from entry level material to the frontiers of the subject.

Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites

• Author : Rui Miranda Guedes
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release Date : 2019-03-14
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 586
• ISBN 10 : 9780081026021
• Total Read : 75
• File Size : 6,5 Mb

Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites, Second Edition, updates the latest research in modeling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites. The first part of the book reviews the modeling of viscoelastic and viscoplastic behavior as a way of predicting performance and service life. Final sections discuss techniques for modeling creep rupture and failure and how to test and predict long-term creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites. Reviews the latest research in modeling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites Puts a specific focus on viscoelastic and viscoplastic modeling Features the time-temperature-age superposition principle for predicting long-term response Examines the creep rupture and damage interaction, with a particular focus on time-dependent failure criteria for the lifetime prediction of polymer matrix composite structures that are illustrated using experimental cases

Damage and Failure of Composite Materials

• Author : Ramesh Talreja
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release Date : 2012-06-07
• Genre: Science
• Pages : 315
• ISBN 10 : 9780521819428
• Total Read : 81
• File Size : 6,8 Mb

Bringing together materials mechanics and modelling, this book provides a complete guide to damage mechanics of composite materials for engineers.

Fatigue and Fracture of Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints

• Author : A P Vassilopoulos
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2014-10-21
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 552
• ISBN 10 : 9780857098122
• Total Read : 79
• File Size : 8,7 Mb

It is commonly accepted that the majority of engineering failures happen due to fatigue or fracture phenomena. Adhesive bonding is a prevailing joining technique, widely used for critical connections in composite structures. However, the lack of knowledge regarding fatigue and fracture behaviour, and the shortage of tools for credible fatigue design, hinders the potential benefits of adhesively bonded joints. The demand for reliable and safe structures necessitates deep knowledge in this area in order to avoid catastrophic structural failures. This book reviews recent research in the field of fatigue and fracture of adhesively-bonded composite joints. The first part of the book discusses the experimental investigation of the reliability of adhesively-bonded composite joints, current research on understanding damage mechanisms, fatigue and fracture, durability and ageing as well as implications for design. The second part of the book covers the modelling of bond performance and failure mechanisms in different loading conditions. A detailed reference work for researchers in aerospace and engineering Expert coverage of different adhesively bonded composite joint structures An overview of joint failure

Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites

• Author : R.L. Carlson
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 1995-11-30
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 302
• ISBN 10 : 0412572001
• Total Read : 76
• File Size : 17,9 Mb

An Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites provides a balanced treatment of the phenomenon of fatigue in metals, nonmetals and composites with polymeric, metallic and ceramic matrices. The applicability of the safe life philosophy of design is examined for each of the materials. Attention is also focused on the stable crack growth phase of fatigue and differences in the operative mechanisms for the various classes of materials are considered. The impacts of these differences on the development of damage tolerance strategies are examined. Among topics discussed are; variable amplitude loading with tensile and compressive overload; closure obstruction; bridging mechanisms; mixed mode states; small cracks; delamination mechanisms and environmental conditions. The arrangement and presentation of the topics are such that An Introduction to Fatigue in Metals and Composites can serve as a course text for mechanical, civil, aeronautical and astronautical engineering and material science courses as well as a reference for engineers who are concerned with fatigue testing and aircraft, automobile and engine design.

Fatigue of Composite Materials

• Author : R Talreja
• Publisher : Technomic Publishing Company
• Release Date : 1990
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 212
• ISBN 10 : 0877626952
• Total Read : 85
• File Size : 20,8 Mb