Fatigue life prediction of composites and composite structures

The use of composites is growing in structural applications in many industries including aerospace, marine, wind turbine and civil engineering. There are uncertainties about the long term performance of these composites and how they will perform under cyclic fatigue loading. Fatigue life prediction of composites and composite structures provides a comprehensive review of fatigue damage and fatigue life prediction methodologies for composites and how they can be used in practice. After an introductory chapter, Part one reviews developments in ways of modeling composite fatigue life. The second part of the book reviews developments in predicting composite fatigue life under different conditionsincluding constant and variable amplitude loading as well as multiaxial and cyclic loading. Part three then describes applications such as fatigue life prediction of bonded joints and wind turbine rotor blades as well as health monitoring of composite structures. With its distinguished editor and internationalteam of contributors, Fatigue life prediction of composites and composite structures will be a standard reference for industry and researchers working withcomposites and those concerned with the long-term performance and fatigue life of composite components and structures. Dr Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos is a Research and Teaching Associate in the Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He hasan international reputation for his work on fatigue life prediction of composite materials under complex, irregular stress states. INDICE: Introduction to the fatigue life prediction of composite materialsand structures: past, present and future. Part 1 Fatigue life modeling: Phenomenological fatigue analysis and life modeling; Residual strength fatigue theories for composite materials; Fatigue damage modeling of composite materials with the phenomenological residual stiffness approach; Novel computation methods for fatigue life modeling of composite materials. Part 2 Fatigue life prediction: Fatigue life prediction of composite materials under constant amplitude loading; Probabilistic fatigue life prediction of composite materials; Fatiguelife prediction of composite materials based on progressive damage modeling; Fatigue life prediction of composite materials under realistic loading conditions (variable amplitude loading); Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites undermultiaxial loading; A progressive damage mechanics algorithm for life prediction of composite materials under cyclic complex stress. Part 3 Applications: Fatigue life prediction of bonded joints in composite structures; Health monitoring of composite structures based on acoustic emission measurements; Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine rotor blades manufactured from composites.

• ISBN: 978-1-84569-525-5
• Editorial: Woodhead
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés