A micromechanics based model for predicting fatigue life of composite laminates Conference Paper

abstract

• The current practice, as well as the hitherto proposed models, for assessment of fatigue life of composite laminates rely largely on experimental fatigue life data. In this paper, we propose a methodology for fatigue life prediction that utilizes a micromechanics based evaluation of damage evolution in conjunction with a semi-empirical fatigue failure criterion. The specific case treated is that of cross ply laminates under cyclic tension. The predicted results are compared with experimental data for several glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy laminates, and good agreement is found. Published by Elsevier Science S.A.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

author list (cited authors)

• Akshantala, N. V., & Talreja, R.

citation count

• 54

complete list of authors

• Akshantala, NV||Talreja, R

publication date

• June 2000

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Materials Science & Engineering: A  Journal

keywords

• COMPOSITE LAMINATES
• Fatigue Life
• Micromechanics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00679-1

start page

• 303

end page

• 313

volume

• 285

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0921-5093(00)00679-1