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 …

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

This thesis aims to provide general insight into form-finding and structural analysis of
bending-active structures. The work is based on a case study approach, in which findings …

This paper presents a novel biomimetic approach to the kinematics of deployable systems
for architectural purposes. Elastic deformation of the entire structure replaces the need for …

A thorough analysis of fatigue of composite laminates under multiaxial loading is presented.
A large body of experimental data taken from the literature is examined to delineate the …

An increasing interest for Structural Health Monitoring has emerged in the last decades.
Acoustic emission (AE) is one of the most popular and widely studied methodologies …

The size of wind turbine rotors has increased in the past decade from 40m to more than
120m diameter. The resulting mass of about 18 tons per rotor blade causes high bending …

In recent years the use of composite materials increased in many fields, for example, woven
fabrics are the most used to reinforce the polymeric matrix owing to their high impact …

A complete life prediction methodology for glass fiber reinforced plastic laminates
accounting for plane stress states and spectrum loading is presented in this paper. Fatigue …

Results from an experimental program consisting of static and fatigue tests on flat coupons,
cut at different off-axis directions from a multidirectional,(MD), Glass/Polyester,(GRP) …