Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites

Part I Viscoelastic and viscoplastic modeling
1. Viscoelastic constitutive modeling of creep and stress relaxation in polymers and polymer matrix composites
S. P. Zaoutsos
2. Time–temperature–age superposition principle for predicting long-term response of linear viscoelastic materials
E. J. Barbero
3. Effect of moisture on elastic and viscoelastic properties of fibre reinforced plastics
Andrey Aniskevich
4. Time-dependent behavior of active/intelligent polymer matrix composites incorporating piezoceramic fibers
Anastasia Muliana
5. Predicting the viscoelastic behavior of polymer nanocomposites
Andrey Beyle
6. Creep analysis of polymer matrix composites using viscoplastic models
Evagelia Kontou Kontou I
7. Micromechanical modeling of viscoelastic behavior of polymer matrix composites undergoing large deformations
Jacob Aboudi

Part II Creep rupture
8. Micromechanical modeling of time-dependent failure in off-axis polymer matrix composites
Jun Koyanagi
9. Time-dependent failure criteria for lifetime prediction of polymer matrix composite structures
Rui Miranda Guedes
10. Time-dependent damage evolution in multiple plies of multidirectional polymer composite laminates under creep loading
Jayaraman Raghavan

Part III Fatigue modeling, characterization and monitoring
11. Accelerated testing methodology for predicting long-term creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites
Masayuki Nakada
12. A Physics-Based Combined Creep and Fatigue Methodology for Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Ray S. Fertig III
13. Fatigue testing methods for polymer matrix composites
Wim VAN PAEPEGEM
14. A theory for mathematical framework of fatigue damage on S-N plane
Ho Sung Kim
15. The effect of viscoelasticity on fatigue behaviour of polymer matrix composites
Jayantha Ananda Epaarachchi
16. Characterization of vicoelasticity, viscoplasticity and damage in composites
Janis Varna
17. Structural health monitoring of composite structures for durability
Sreenivas Alampalli

Creep is the tendency of materials to deform when subjected to long-term stress, particularly when exposed to heat. Fatigue phenomena occur when a material is subjected to cyclic loading, causing damage which may progress to failure. Both are critical factors in the long-term performance and reliability of materials such as polymer matrix composites which are often exposed to these types of stress in civil engineering and other applications. Creep and Fatigue in Polymer Matrix Composites, Second Edition updates the latest research in modelling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

The first part of the book reviews the modelling of viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour as a way of predicting performance and service life. Part two discusses techniques for modelling creep rupture and failure. The final part of the book discusses ways of testing and predicting long-term creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.

• Reviews the latest research in modelling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites
• A specific focus on viscoelestic and viscoplastic modelling features the time-temperature-age superposition principle for predicting long-term response
• Creep rupture and damage interaction is examined with particular focus on time-dependent failure criteria for lifetime prediction of polymer matrix composite structures illustrated using experimental cases

Reasearchers in industry and academia, and PhD students wishing to keep up to date on information about fatigue behavior and modeling of composite materials; as well as researchers, engineers and graduate students who work in the area of fatigue of composite materials