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Fatigue life prediction of composites and composite structures

Edited by A P Vassilopoulos, EPFL, Switzerland

 - examines past, present and future trends associated with fatigue life prediction of composite materials and structures
 - assesses novel computational methods for fatigue life modelling and prediction of composite materials under constant amplitude loading
 - specific chapters investigate fatigue life prediction of wind turbine rotor blades and bonded joints in 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 modelling composite fatigue life. The second part of the book reviews developments in predicting composite fatigue life under different conditions including 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 international team of contributors, Fatigue life prediction of composites and composite structures is a standard reference for industry and researchers working with composites and those concerned with the long-term performance and fatigue life of composite components and structures.

ISBN 1 84569 525 9
ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 525 5
July 2010
576 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£155.00 / US$265.00 / €195.00

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About the editor

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 has an international reputation for his work on fatigue life prediction of composite materials under complex, irregular stress states.

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Delamination behaviour of composites
Failure analysis and fractography of polymer composites
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Multi-scale modelling of composite material systems

Contents

PART 1 FATIGUE LIFE MODELING
PART 2 FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION
PART 3 APPLICATIONS

Introduction to the fatigue life prediction of composite materials and structures: past, present and future
A P Vassilopoulos, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
 - Introduction
 - Experimental characterization of composite materials
 - Fatigue life prediction in composite materials and structures – past and present
 - Conclusions and future trends
 - References

PART 1 FATIGUE LIFE MODELING

Phenomenological fatigue analysis and life modeling
R P L Nijssen, Knowledge Centre Wind Turbine Materials and Constructions, The Netherlands
 - Introduction
 - Fatigue experiments
 - Measurements and sensors
 - Test frequency
 - Specimens
 - S-N Diagrams
 - S-N formulations
 - Future trends
 - References

Residual strength fatigue theories for composite materials
N L Post, J J Lesko and S W Case, Virginia Tech, USA
 - Introduction
 - Major residual strength models from the literature
 - Fitting of experimental data
 - Prediction results
 - Conclusions and future trends
 - References

Fatigue damage modeling of composite materials with the phenomenological residual stiffness approach
W Van Paepegem, Ghent University, Belgium
 - Introduction
 - What are phenomenological residual stiffness models? Literature review of some representative residual stiffness models
 - Numerical implementation of residual stiffness models
 - Variable amplitude loading
 - Degradation of other elastic properties
 - Future trends and challenges
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Novel computation methods for fatigue life modeling of composite materials
A P Vassilopoulos, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and E F Georgopoulos, Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata, Greece
 - Introduction
 - Theoretical background
 - Modeling examples
 - Experimental data description
 - Application of the methods
 - Comparison to conventional methods of fatigue life modeling
 - Conclusions and future trends
 - References

PART 2 FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION

Fatigue life prediction of composite materials under constant amplitude loading
M Kawai, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 - Introduction
 - Constant fatigue life (CFL) diagram approach
 - Linear (CFL) diagrams
 - Nonlinear (CFL) diagrams
 - Prediction of (CFL) diagrams and S-N curves
 - Extended anisomorphic (CFL) diagram
 - Conclusions
 - Future trends
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - Acknowledgements
 - References

Probabilistic fatigue life prediction of composite materials
Y Liu, Clarkson University and S Mahadevan, Vanderbilt University, USA
 - Introduction
 - Fatigue damage accumulation
 - Uncertainty modeling
 - Methods for probabilistic fatigue life prediction
 - Demonstration examples
 - Conclusion
 - References

Fatigue life prediction of composite materials based on progressive damage modeling
M M Shokrieh and F Taheri-Behrooz, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
 - Introduction
 - Progressive damage modeling under static loading
 - Progressive fatigue damage modeling
 - Problem statement and solution strategy
 - Gradual material property degradation
 - Framework of progressive fatigue damage modeling of cross-ply laminates
 - Required experiments
 - Specimen fabrication
 - Experimental set up and testing procedures
 - Longitudinal tensile tests
 - Transverse tensile tests
 - In-plane static shear tests
 - Experimental evaluation of the model
 - Conclusion
 - References

Fatigue life prediction of composite materials under realistic loading conditions (variable amplitude loading)
A P Vassilopoulos, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland and R P L Nijssen, Knowledge Centre Wind Turbine Materials and Constructions, The Netherlands
 - Introduction
 - Theoretical background 1: classic fatigue life prediction methodology
 - Theoretical background 2: strength degradation models
 - Experimental data
 - Life prediction examples – discussion
 - Conclusion and future trends
 - References

Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites under multiaxial loading
M Quaresimin, University of Padova, Italy and R Talreja, Texas A&M University, USA
 - Introduction
 - Fatigue behavior of short fiber composites under multiaxial loading
 - Fatigue behavior of continuous fiber composites under multiaxial loading
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements
 - List of symbols
 - References

A progressive damage mechanics algorithm for life prediction of composite materials under cyclic complex stress
T P Philippidis and E N Eliopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
 - Introduction
 - Constitutive laws
 - Failure onset conditions
 - Strength degradation due to cyclic loading
 - Constant life diagrams and S-N curves
 - Fatigue damage simulator (FADAS)
 - Conclusion
 - Acknowledgements
 - References

PART 3 APPLICATIONS

Fatigue life prediction of bonded joints in composite structures
T Keller, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
 - Introduction
 - Fatigue behavior of adhesively-bonded double-lap joints
 - Stiffness-based modeling of fatigue life
 - Fracture mechanics-based modeling of fatigue life
 - Structural joints: bridge deck-to-grinder connections
 - Conclusions and future trends
 - References

Health monitoring of composite structures based on acoustic emission measurements
T T Assimakopoulou and T P Philippidis, University of Patras, Greece
 - Introduction
 - Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring of composite structures
 - Materials and specimens
 - Material characterization
 - Residual strength degradation
 - Acoustic emission (AE) schemes
 - Failure modes: discussion
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgments
 - References

Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine rotor blades manufactured from composites
M M Shokrieh and R Rafiee, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
 - Introduction
 - Framework of developed modeling technique
 - Loading
 - Static analysis
 - Fatigue damage criterion
 - Stochastic characterization of the wind flow
 - Stochastic implementation on fatigue modeling
 - Summary and conclusion
 - References