Huston, RJ2007-01-202007-06-072007-01-202007-06-071994Huston, RJ. 1994. Fatigue life prediction in composites. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol 59, 3 January, pp 131-1400308-0161http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424Because of the relatively large number of possible failure mechanisms in fibre reinforced composite materials, the prediction of fatigue life in a component is not a simple process. Several mathematical and statistical models have been proposed, but the experimental evidence to support them is limited so far. In this paper, an attempt has been made to fit experimental results to two of the more promising models. Results obtained from repeated tension fatigue tests on unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced epoxy were used to test residual strength and residual stiffness models. Further fatigue tests were carried out under spectrum loading so that the results could be correlated with the cumulative damage predicted by the residual strength model.637345 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 1994 Elsevier Science LtdFibre reinforced composite materialsFatigue life componentsResidual strength modelsResidual stiffness modelsMechanical engineeringArticleHuston, R. (1994). Fatigue life prediction in composites. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424Huston, RJ "Fatigue life prediction in composites." (1994) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424Huston R. Fatigue life prediction in composites. 1994; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424.TY - Article AU - Huston, RJ AB - Because of the relatively large number of possible failure mechanisms in fibre reinforced composite materials, the prediction of fatigue life in a component is not a simple process. Several mathematical and statistical models have been proposed, but the experimental evidence to support them is limited so far. In this paper, an attempt has been made to fit experimental results to two of the more promising models. Results obtained from repeated tension fatigue tests on unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced epoxy were used to test residual strength and residual stiffness models. Further fatigue tests were carried out under spectrum loading so that the results could be correlated with the cumulative damage predicted by the residual strength model. DA - 1994 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Fibre reinforced composite materials KW - Fatigue life components KW - Residual strength models KW - Residual stiffness models KW - Mechanical engineering LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1994 SM - 0308-0161 T1 - Fatigue life prediction in composites TI - Fatigue life prediction in composites UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1424 ER -