Fatigue in Composites
Science and Technology of the Fatigue Response of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics

Bryan Harris (Edited by)

9781855736085, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 31 October 2003

768 pages
24.4 x 17.5 x 3.9 cm, 1.47 kg

"High quality achieved throughout by the writers and editor. In the introduction to this book, Professor Harris states that he set out to produce 'a practical textbook for designers (and) an authoritative reference source for materials scientists. He has succeeded admirably. …generally excellent work." --Materials World

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.

Part 1 Introduction to fatigue in composites: A historical review of the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced plastics
Fatigue test methods, problems and standards
Fatigue under multiaxial stress systems. Part 2 Micromechanical aspects of fatigue in composites: The effects of aggressive environments on long-term behaviour
The effect of interface on the fatigue performance of fibre composites
Delamination fatigue
The fatigue of hybrid composites
Non-destructive evaluation of damage accumulation. Part 3 Fatigue in different types of composites: Short-fibre thermoset composites
Woven-fibre thermoset composites
Fatigue of thermoplastic composites
Fatigue of wood and wood panel products. Part 4 Life-prediction methods for constant stress and variable stress: Physical modelling of damage development in structural composite materials under stress
Micromechanical models
A computational meso-damage model for life prediction for laminates
A statistical study of the fatigue performance of fibre-reinforced composite laminates
Analysis of matrix crack-induced delamination in composite materials under static and fatigue loading
Fatigue strength of composites under variable plane stress
Life prediction under service loading spectra
A parametric constant-life model for prediction of the fatigue lives of fibre-reinforced plastics
A neural-network approach to fatigue-life prediction
The fatigue performance of composite structural components
Fatigue of joints in composite structures
Fatigue in filament-wound structures
Fatigue of FRP composites in civil engineering applications
Fatigue in aerospace applications
Fatigue and durability of marine composites.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]