A progressive damage model of textile composites on meso-scale using finite element method: Fatigue damage analysis KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. A finite element (FE) approach for tension-tension fatigue damage in textile reinforced composites on meso-scale level (fabric unit cell) is proposed. S-N curves of a unidirectional composite (UD) out of the fatigue tests in fibre, transverse-fibre, in-plane-shear and out-of-plane-shear directions are used as the input for the impregnated yarns. The algorithm of multi-axial fatigue is applied to ...