Engineering structures are often subjected to the conditions of cyclic-loading, which onsets
material fatigue, detrimentally affecting the service-life and damage tolerance of components …

Metallic materials are extensively used in engineering structures and fatigue failure is one of
the most common failure modes of metal structures. Fatigue phenomena occur when a …

The fatigue loading is the proximate factor leading to the performances degradation of the
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites and structures, which detrimentally …

This article presents a review of the major fatigue models and life time prediction
methodologies for fibre-reinforced polymer composites, subjected to fatigue loadings. In this …

A trend in the last decade towards models in which nonlinear crack tip processes are
represented explicitly, rather than being assigned to a point process at the crack tip (as in …

Investigations of the fatigue performance of composite materials have accompanied their
introduction in several engineering domains since the 1950s. An abundance of publications …

A parametric finite element analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of failure criteria
and material property degradation rules on the tensile behaviour and strength of bolted …

During the last decades, fibre-reinforced composites have been established as competitive
materials for naval, automotive and aerospace industry. However, the fatigue behaviour of …

Lifetime prediction of a horizontal axis wind turbine composite blade is considered. Load
cases are identified, calculated and evaluated. Static analysis is performed with a full 3-D …

To validate the fatigue progressive damage model, developed in the first part of this paper,
an experimental program was conducted using graphite/epoxy AS4/3501-6 material. As the …