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This investigation concerns the development of two prediction fatigue life models of cross-ply laminates, made up of glass fibre and epoxy resin, loaded under flexural control load. Both models are based on the description of the load’s evolution versus the cycle number during fatigue tests by several empirical functions of logarithmic, exponential, power and linear types. The coefficients of these empirical functions depend on materials and loading conditions. Therefore, the use of such approach permits the prediction of composite fatigue life that can be made without the systematic fatigue tests which are not only costly but also time consuming, or at least reducing their number considerably. Both models allow, by a simple analytical approach, direct interpretations of physical phenomena which may intervene during tests. Furthermore, the obtained analytical results are in good agreement with the experimental ones.
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Bezazi, A., El Mahi, A., Bezzazi, B., Garcia del Pino, G., Scarpa, F. (2020). Fatigue-Life Prediction of Composite Laminate Under Flexural Loading. In: Benmounah, A., Abadlia, M.T., Saidi, M., Zerizer, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Materials and Sustainable Development. ISMSD 2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43268-3_4
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