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In this paper, the concentric cylinders model is used to predict the fatigue characteristics of off-axis unidirectional laminates. A failure criterion that uses stresses averaged along the radial distance in each constituent phase is applied to predict the S-N curves of unidirectional laminates. The predicted S-N curves compare well with the experimental data for various off-axis Glass/Epoxy laminates.
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Subramanian, S., Reifsnider, K.L. & Stinchcomb, W.W. A micromechanics model for the prediction of fatigue characteristics of off-axis unidirectional laminates. Appl Compos Mater 1, 69–74 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567212
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567212