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- (Editor)
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.A. Al-Khodairi -- Non-destructive evaluation of damage accumulation / A.P. Mouritz -- Fatigue in different types of composites -- Short-fibre thermoset composites / G. Caprino -- Woven-Fibre thermoset composites / N.K. Naik -- Fatigue of thermoplastic composites / E.K. Gamstedt and L.A. Berglund -- Fatigue of wood and wood panel products / M.P. Ansell -- Life-prediction methods for constant stress and variable stress -- Physical modelling of damage development in structural composite materials under stress / P.W.R. Beaumont -- Micromechanical models / K. Reifsnider and S. Case -- A computational meso-damage model for life prediction for laminates / P. Ladeveze and G. Lubineau -- A statistical study of the fatigue performance of fibre-reinforced composite laminates / X. Diao, L. Ye and Y-W. Mai -- Analysis of matrix crack-induced delamination in composite laminates under static and fatigue loading / M. Kashtalyan and C. Soutis -- Fatigue strength of composites under variable plane stress / T.P. Philippidis and A.P. Vassilopoulos -- Life prediction under service loading spectra / L.J. Lee and K.E. Fu -- A parametric constant-life model for prediction of the fatigue lives of fibre-reinforced plastics / B. Harris -- A neural-network approach to fatigue-life prediction / J.A. Lee and D.P. Almond -- Fatigue in practical situations -- The fatigue performance of composite structural components / M.D. Gilchrist -- Fatigue of joints in composite structures / J. Schon and R. Starikov -- Fatigue in filament-wound structures / D. Perreux and F. Thiebaud -- Fatigue of FRP composites in civil engineering applications / J.M.C. Cadei -- Fatigue in aerospace applications / A.J. Davies and P.T. Curtis -- Fatigue and durability of marine composites / P. Davies and D. Choqueuse and A. Roy.