Fatigue behaviour of pseudo-ductile unidirectional thin-ply carbon/epoxy-glass/epoxy hybrid composites

This paper is the first detailed investigation of the fatigue behavior of pseudo-ductile unidirectional (UD) thin-ply interlayer hybrids made of thin-ply carbon/epoxy plies sandwiched between standard thickness glass/epoxy plies under two scenarios: without any initial damage (pristine hybrids) and after the introduction of damage in the laminates by loading past the pseudo-yield point (overloaded hybrids). The laminates were subjected to...