A strength-based wearout model for predicting the life of composite structures

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1285, Issue , 1997, Pages 179-200

  Schaff, Jeffery R ^a   Davidson, Barry D ^b  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Fatigue (materials); Fracture (materials); Life prediction; Polymer matrix composites; Spectrum loading

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION THEORY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; LAMINATES; PROBABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS;

FATIGUE LOADINGS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SPECTRUM LOADING; LIFE PREDICTION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030609355     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19928s     Document Type: Article

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