STIFFNESS BASED FATIGUE DAMAGE CHARACTERISATION OF FIBROUS COMPOSITES Academic Article

abstract

• The paper presents a simple procedure for measuring the changes in stiffness properties of a unidirectional fibrous composite caused by fatigue damage. Unlike previous attempts at stiffness based fatigue damage characterization, where one or two elastic constants have been investigated, changes in all four independent stiffness constants of an othotropic elastic lamina are considered. The results obtained for a unidirectional glass fiber reinforced polyester show that while small changes occur in the longitudinal elastic modulus and the Poisson's ratio of transverse to longitudinal strains, the shear modulus and the Poisson's ratio of longitudinal to transverse strains change significantly. The extension of this procedure to the fatiue damage characterization of laminates is discussed.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research

author list (cited authors)

• TALREJA, R.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• TALREJA, Ramesh

publication date

• January 1980

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Economic computation and economic cybernetics studies and research / Academy of Economic Studies  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/b978-1-4832-8370-8.50138-8

start page

• 1732

end page

• 1739

volume

• 2