Abstract: We consider the piecewise linear (PWL) vibrations in a cracked Rayleigh beam. The change in local stiffness at the crack site due to a mode-1 crack is introduced through a PWL flexural spring such that the local stiffness ...

Abstract: Fatigue analysis of a simply supported composite plate with laminate configuration of [0n/90n]s under central patch impulse loading is presented using an analytical method. The method mainly consists of two steps, one, ...