FATIGUE OF COMPOSITE-MATERIALS - DAMAGE MECHANISMS AND FATIGUE-LIFE DIAGRAMS Academic Article

abstract

• The basic fatigue damage mechanisms in composite laminates are reviewed. Based on these mechanisms a pattern in the fatigue-life diagrams is proposed. Several experimental data are shown to agree with this basic pattern. Fatigue ratio is defined in terms of strains, and fatigue limit is shown to exist for unidirectional, cross-plied and angle-plied laminates. The limitations to the fatigue performance of composite laminates are pointed out and suggestions for improving the fatigue resistance are made.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

• TALREJA, R.

citation count

• 248

complete list of authors

• TALREJA, R

publication date

• January 1981

publisher

• The Royal Society  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1098/rspa.1981.0163

start page

• 461

end page

• 475

volume

• 378

issue

• 1775

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1981.0163