Chapter
Micro-cracking of Composites
2.2. Fatigue Failure of Composites
Chapter 3:
SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES
3.1. FIBRE LENGTH AND ORIENTATION
3.2. STRESS AND STRAIN DISTRIBUTION AT FIBRE
Chapter 4:
MECHANICAL PROPERTY VARIATION OF POLYMER BASED SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES IN FATIGUE
4.1. RESIDUAL STRENGTH OF SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES
4.2. ELASTIC MODULUS OF SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES
4.2.1. Elastic Properties of Short Fibre Composite Materials Using
Rule-of-Mixtures
4.2.2. Effect of Fatigue on Poisson’s Ratio
Chapter 5:
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE THERMOSETTING POLYMER
5.1. THERMOSETTING POLYMER
5.2. FAILURE OF THERMOSETTING COMPOSITES UNDER ELEVATED TEMPERATURES
5.3. VARIATION IN MODULUS OF POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH TEMPERATURE
The Glassy State (Region 1)
The Glass Transition (Region 2)
The Rubbery State (Region 3)
The Liquid Flow Region (Region 4)
5.4. GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, g T
Chapter 6:
FATIGUE DAMAGE MODELLING OF SHORT-FIBRE COMPOSITE
6.1. MICROMECHANICAL MODEL
Critical Element and Damage Accumulation Concept
6.2. PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODEL
Combined Phenomenological Damage Model
Inverse Modelling Using Optimization
Chapter 7:
EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATION
AND VERIFICATION STUDY
7.1. EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES
7.2. EXPERIMENTATION AND VALIDATION STUDY
7.2.1. Experimental Program
7.2.2. Validation for the Phenomenological Model
7.2.3. Validation of the Surrogate Model