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On The Influence Of Afp-Induced Defects On Mechanical Behavior Of Composite Laminates Under Fatigue Loading, Pierre Chevalier
On The Influence Of Afp-Induced Defects On Mechanical Behavior Of Composite Laminates Under Fatigue Loading, Pierre Chevalier
Theses and Dissertations
The objective of the work presented in this thesis is to propose and validate a numerical solution to quantify the influence of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) induced defects on the mechanical behavior of conventional composite laminates in fatigue. The work presented here will be divided in six sections. At first, a description of the Automated Fiber Placement process and its associated defects is proposed. In association, two tools developed for a rapid analysis and a progressive damage analysis respectively are discussed and used as an introduction to the work conducted in this thesis. In the second section, an extensive literature …