Fatigue in Composites: Science and Technology of the Fatigue Response of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics

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Bryan Harris
Woodhead Publishing, Oct 31, 2003 - Technology & Engineering - 742 pages
This major handbook is the first authoritative survey of current knowledge of fatigue behaviour of composites. It deals in detail with a wide range of problems met by designers in the automotive, marine and structural engineering industries. Compiled from the contributions of some of the best-known researchers in the field, it provides an invaluable, practical and encyclopaedic handbook covering recent developments.

  • Comprehensively discusses the problems of fatigue in composites met by designers in the aerospace, marine and structural engineering industries
  • Provides a general introduction on fatigue in composites before reviewing current research on micromechanical aspects
  • Analyses various types of composites with respect to fatigue behaviour and testing and provides in-depth coverage of life-prediction models for constant variable stresses

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Contents

A historical review of the fatigue behaviour of fibrereinforced plastics
3
Fatigue test methods problems and standards 2 1 38386
36
Fatigue under multiaxial stress systems
63
The effects of aggressive environments on longterm behaviour
117
The effect of the interface on the fatigue performance of fibre
147
Delamination fatigue
173
The fatigue of hybrid composites
189
Nondestructive evaluation of damage accumulation
242
A statistical study of the fatigue performance of fibrereinforced
442
Analysis of matrix crackinduced delamination in composite laminates
470
Fatigue strength of composites under variable plane stress
504
Life prediction under service loading spectra
526
A parametric constantlife model for prediction of the fatigue lives
546
A neuralnetwork approach to fatiguelife prediction
569
The fatigue performance of composite structural components
593
Fatigue of joints in composite structures
621

Shortfibre thermoset composites
269
Wovenfibre thermoset composites
296
Fatigue of thermoplastic composites
314
Fatigue of wood and wood panel products
339
Physical modelling of damage development in structural composite
365
Micromechanical models
413
A computational mesodamage model for life prediction for laminates
432
Fatigue in filamentwound structures
644
Fatigue of FRP composites in civil engineering applications
658
Fatigue in aerospace applications
686
Fatigue and durability of marine composites
709
Index
730
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Professor Bryan Harris graduated in Industrial Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham, subsequently taking a PhD at Cambridge University and a DSc, again from Birmingham. After working in industry for ICI Metals Division in Birmingham, followed by a spell at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Connecticut, USA, Professor Harris returned to academia, developing a keen interest in the field of composite materials. In 1976 he was appointed Professor of Materials Science at Bath University where he is now Professor Emeritus. He retains his interest in composite materials, with special emphasis on fatigue, fracture and non-destructive evaluation, but he has also at various times worked on the manufacturing of polymer-, ceramic and metal-matrix composites. From 1984-1999 he was Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Composites Science & Technology. He is currently Materials Consultant for Buro Happold Civil Engineers Ltd.

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