Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations

This paper presents the fatigue limit of flax/PLA composites with different fiber reinforcement architectures. The configurations of the analyzed flax/PLA composites are [0°]<sub>8</sub>, [0°/90°]<sub>s</sub>, [+45°/−45°]<sub>s</sub>, [90°]<sub>4</sub>...

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Main Authors: Samuel Charca, Diego G. Cervantes, Liu Jiao-Wang, Carlos Santiuste
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Diego G. Cervantes
Liu Jiao-Wang
Carlos Santiuste
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description This paper presents the fatigue limit of flax/PLA composites with different fiber reinforcement architectures. The configurations of the analyzed flax/PLA composites are [0°]<sub>8</sub>, [0°/90°]<sub>s</sub>, [+45°/−45°]<sub>s</sub>, [90°]<sub>4</sub>, stacking sequences, and basket weave laminates. The methods used to estimate the fatigue limit are the fitting of stress versus number of cycles data using Weibull and Basquin equations, the surface thermographic technique with bilinear and exponential models to analyze the evolution of temperature increment, and volumetric dissipated energy. According to the results found, superficial temperature and the maximum strain reached stabilization over 2000 cycles for σ<sub>max</sub>/σ<sub>ut</sub> < 0.7, which was used to determine cyclic stress–strain curves and the fatigue limit. The cyclic stress–strain shows a nonlinear behavior for all laminates, having a good correlation to the Ramberg–Osgood model. Furthermore, having the stabilized temperature and volumetric dissipated energy, the exponential model was used to evaluate the fatigue limit and compared to the values found by Basquin and bilinear models. The fatigue limit found by Basquin and bilinear models shows conservative values compared to the exponential models. The results also show that temperature measurement using infrared thermography is quite sensitive to the environmental temperature variation, especially at low stress applied, and finally, the comparison of these methods on different reinforcement configurations provides a guide to select a proper technique in each case.
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spelling doaj-art-a0f8e5bb4f5442ad99c2ac7d9bb7ea832025-08-20T03:11:18ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-05-011511618910.3390/app15116189Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement ConfigurationsSamuel Charca0Diego G. Cervantes1Liu Jiao-Wang2Carlos Santiuste3Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, SpainMechanical Engineering, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Barranco, Lima 15063, PeruDepartment of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, SpainDepartment of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, SpainThis paper presents the fatigue limit of flax/PLA composites with different fiber reinforcement architectures. The configurations of the analyzed flax/PLA composites are [0°]<sub>8</sub>, [0°/90°]<sub>s</sub>, [+45°/−45°]<sub>s</sub>, [90°]<sub>4</sub>, stacking sequences, and basket weave laminates. The methods used to estimate the fatigue limit are the fitting of stress versus number of cycles data using Weibull and Basquin equations, the surface thermographic technique with bilinear and exponential models to analyze the evolution of temperature increment, and volumetric dissipated energy. According to the results found, superficial temperature and the maximum strain reached stabilization over 2000 cycles for σ<sub>max</sub>/σ<sub>ut</sub> < 0.7, which was used to determine cyclic stress–strain curves and the fatigue limit. The cyclic stress–strain shows a nonlinear behavior for all laminates, having a good correlation to the Ramberg–Osgood model. Furthermore, having the stabilized temperature and volumetric dissipated energy, the exponential model was used to evaluate the fatigue limit and compared to the values found by Basquin and bilinear models. The fatigue limit found by Basquin and bilinear models shows conservative values compared to the exponential models. The results also show that temperature measurement using infrared thermography is quite sensitive to the environmental temperature variation, especially at low stress applied, and finally, the comparison of these methods on different reinforcement configurations provides a guide to select a proper technique in each case.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/6189flax/PLA compositesfatigue limitinfrared thermographyvolumetric dissipated energy
spellingShingle Samuel Charca
Diego G. Cervantes
Liu Jiao-Wang
Carlos Santiuste
Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
Applied Sciences
flax/PLA composites
fatigue limit
infrared thermography
volumetric dissipated energy
title Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
title_full Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
title_fullStr Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
title_full_unstemmed Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
title_short Fatigue Life (Limit) Analysis Through Infrared Thermography on Flax/PLA Composites with Different Reinforcement Configurations
title_sort fatigue life limit analysis through infrared thermography on flax pla composites with different reinforcement configurations
topic flax/PLA composites
fatigue limit
infrared thermography
volumetric dissipated energy
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/6189
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