Abstract

AbstractA major issue concerning Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) materials under cyclic loading is that the materials often undergo material degradation starting from the initial stage of the loading. For a laminate that consists of different fibre orientation plies, this becomes crucial as it causes redistribution of stresses and strains during the lifetime of the component. Understanding the importance of a reliable fatigue damage and degradation model in the development of reliability assessment of CFRP materials, the present studies contribute to this by considering the effect on a single‐ply material level, exclusively under fatigue loading. The model is restricted to be applied to stiff and brittle materials with characteristic properties similar to those of carbon‐epoxy composites. (© 2017 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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