Cyclic behaviour of axially loaded laminated composite beams

B. G. Tugay*, H. S. Türkmen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this study, the fatigue behaviour of laminated composite beams subjected to the axial cyclic loading has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The axial fatigue tests of the laminated beams are performed to obtain the fatigue properties of the laminated composites. The displacement amplitude in each test is found to be almost constant as the number of cycles is increased. However, the displacement in both minimum and maximum load is increasing as the number of cycles is increased. The numerical fatigue models found in the literature are studied together with the experimental data obtained in this study and the parameters used in these fatigue models are determined. The experimental data is incorporated into a numerical model and the numerical fatigue model is applied on the prediction of the fatigue life of a blade.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, CC 2009 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Duration: 1 Sept 20094 Sept 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, CC 2009
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityFunchal, Madeira
Period1/09/094/09/09

Keywords

  • Axial loading
  • Composite
  • Cyclic loading
  • Fatigue
  • Finite element method
  • Laminated beam

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