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Comparative statistical analysis of the fatigue of composites under different modes of loading

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This paper deals with fatigue testing of a 16-ply aerospace laminate based on T800 Toray carbon fibres in Narmco 5245 epoxy resin, under diverse loading regimes including constant-stress bending and tension and block loading in tension–tension and tension–compression. Statistical analysis of the results has been performed by means of the extreme value theory, confirming a Weibull domain of attraction for each sample distribution. This procedure permits the assessment of low probabilities of failure, which can be used as characteristic values for practical design.

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  1. ETSIIG, University of Oviedo, Spain

    M. J. Lamela

  2. School of Materials Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK

    A. Fernandez-Canteli

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Lamela, M.J., Fernandez-Canteli, A., Reiter, H. et al. Comparative statistical analysis of the fatigue of composites under different modes of loading. Journal of Materials Science 32, 6495–6503 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018603009198

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