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

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...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Harris, Bryan, 1935
Published: CRC Press ; Woodhead,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge, U.K. :
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855736085
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (742 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1855738570
9781855738577
185573608X
9781855736085
Index Number: TA418
CLC: TB330.23
Contents: Introduction to fatigue in composites -- A historical review of the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced plastics / B. Harris -- Fatigue test methods, problems and standards / G.D. Sims -- Fatigue under multiaxial stress systems / M.M. Shokrieh and L.B. Lessard -- Micromechanical aspects of fatigue in composites -- The effect of aggressive environments on long-term behaviour / F.R. Jones -- The effect of the interface on the fatigue performance of fibre composites / C. Galiotis and C. Koimtzoglou -- Delamination fatigue / R. Martin -- The fatigue of hybrid composites / G.F. Fernando and F.A