An energy-based fatigue damage parameter for off-axis unidirectional FRP composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-389

  Varvani Farahani, A ^a   Haftchenari, H ^b   Panbechi, M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fatigue damage; Off axis angles; Stress ratio; Unidirectional FRP composites

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ENERGY-BASED FATIGUE DAMAGE PARAMETER; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; OFF-AXIS ANGLES; STRESS RATIO;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER; CRACKING; DAMAGE; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MATRIX; PLASTIC; STRAIN; STRESS;

EID: 33847657394     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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