RESIDUAL STRENGTH OF FIBREREINFORCEDPLASTICS UNDER FATIGUE LOADING

The state of the art in residual strength of fibrereinforcedplastics(FRP) is reviewed. A new residual strength model based on the damage development in the FRP under fatigue loading is presented, which can macromechanically and phenomenologically describe the characteristics of fatigue damage. Also clearly shown is the good agreement between the experiment data from some quoted literature and the prediction results of this paper.