Fatigue Mechanical Behavior of FRP Composite Materials for Long-term Design and Performance of Composite Structures in Marine and Offshore Applications

This applied research project provide the complex technology for prediction of the long-term behavior and performance in design and optimization of FRP composite structures in marine and offshore applications. The objectives are: 1. To develop a standard experiment program to characterize fatigue mechanical properties and behavior for design and development of the composites structures. 2. To derive the multiple constitutive damage models through physically-mathematically-based approach, and code it in FE-based software. 3. To develop the FE model and real-time simulation of the composite behavior under fatigue loading conditions. 4. To establish a validated model and simulation process for fatigue analysis and design of composite structures.