Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Fatigue Damage Precursor Identification Using Nondestructive Evaluation Coupled with Electron Microscopy; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Experimental Procedure; 1.2.1 Mechanical and Nondestructive Evaluation Setup; 1.2.2 Specimen Preparation; 1.3 Results and Discussion; 1.3.1 Monotonic In Situ SEM Testing; 1.3.2 Fatigue In Situ SEM Testing; 1.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Experimental Fracture Analysis of Tropical Species Using the Grid Method; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Materials and Method; 2.2.1 Wood Specimen; 2.2.2 Devices of the Experiments; 2.3 Results

2.3.1 Force-Displacement Curves2.3.2 Crack Length-Images Curves; 2.4 Fracture Analysis; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Investigating the Effective Fracture Toughness of Heterogeneous Materials; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental Configuration; 3.3 Grid Method; 3.4 Energy Release Rate; 3.5 Results; 3.5.1 Homogeneous Case; 3.5.2 Heterogeneous Case; 3.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Improved Hybrid Specimen for Vibration Bending Fatigue; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Vibration-Based Bending Fatigue Theory; 4.3 Insert Specimen Redesign; 4.4 Experimental Procedure; 4.5 Experimental Results

4.6 ConclusionReferences; Chapter 5: Experimental Study of Residual Plastic Strain and Damages Development in Carbon Fiber Composite; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Material Preparation; 5.3 Experimental Set-Up; 5.4 Results and Discussion; 5.4.1 Damage Evolution and Modulus Degradation; 5.4.2 Crack Initiation and Gradual Development; 5.4.3 Damage Sequences and Evolution; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Experimental Investigation of Strength of Curved Beam by Thin Ply Non-Crimp Fabric Laminates; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Material; 6.3 Experimental Method; 6.4 Results; 6.5 Conclusions; References

Chapter 7: Role of Laminate Thickness on Sequential Dynamic Delamination of Curved [90/0] CFRP Composite Laminates7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Experimental Method; 7.3 Results; 7.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 8: Application of eMMC Model to Fracture of Metal Sheets; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 All Strain Based Anisotropic Ductile Fracture Modeling; 8.3 Simulation Results; 8.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 9: Hydrolytic Degradation and Its Effect on Mechanical Properties of HFPE-II-52 Polyimide: Preliminary Results; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Experimental Method; 9.2.1 Sample Preparation

9.2.2 Degradation Method9.2.3 Compression Tests; 9.3 Preliminary Results; 9.3.1 Weight and Visible Changes; 9.3.2 Compression Test Results; 9.4 Conclusion and Future Work; References; Chapter 10: Mixed-Mode and Mode-II Fatigue Crack Growth in Woven Composites; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Material Preparation; 10.3 Mode-I Testing; 10.4 Mode-II Testing; 10.5 Mixed-Mode Testing; 10.6 Mixed-Mode Fatigue Crack Growth; 10.7 Conclusions; References; Chapter 11: Characterization of Fatigue Induced Damage Evolution in CFRPs Using DIC; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Fatigue Testing of CFRP