Improving fatigue life predictions: theory and experiment on unidirectional and crossply polymer matrix composites
A method is presented by which fatigue life predictions of polymer matrix composites may be improved. First a "critical element", whose failure defines global failure of the material. is identified. The global stiffness changes of the specimen during a fatigue test are monitored and taken...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44499 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292008-063445/ |