26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.6.1

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH PREDICTION OF FIBRE REINFORCED METAL LAMINATES UNDER VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING

S. U. Khan, R. C. Alderliesten, R. Benedictus
TU Delft, Netherlands

Keywords: Fatigue crack growth, Fibre metal laminates, variable amplitude loading,crack retardation, GLARE

A recently developed analytical prediction model for constant amplitude loading has been extended to predict fatigue crack growth of Fibre reinforced Metal Laminates under variable amplitude loading using a linear damage accumulation rule. Accuracy of the model has been discussed in comparison with the experimental fatigue crack growth data.

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