Energy based method for numerical fatigue analysis of multidirectional carbon fibre reinforced plastics. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wagner, P.; Bruder, T.; van Paepegem, W.; May, M.
• Is Part Of: Plastics, rubber, and composites. Volume 44:Number 3(2015)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 128
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: CFRP, -- Fatigue, -- Numerical analysis; Plastics -- Periodicals; Rubber -- Periodicals; Polymeric composites -- Periodicals; Polymer engineering -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1179/1743289815Y.0000000006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1465-8011

Abstract

Abstract : This paper describes experiments on multiaxial fibre reinforced plastic laminates, which were performed to obtain calibration data for numerical fatigue analyses. For this purpose, fatigue tests of laminates with multidirectional layers subjected to constant amplitude and block loading (0 ≤ R < 1 or R >1) were analysed. The presented simulation results display the fatigue behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced plastics for unidirectional loading conditions and a selected laminate.