Analytical and numerical modelling of self-heating phenomena due to damage in composite structures

This work is intended to investigate analytically and numerically the correlation between self-heating phenomena and damage in CFRP composites subjected to cyclic loading. The aim of this work is to elaborate a model that takes into account the material degradation in order to quantify damage evolution. To accomplish this result a new model is set. The idea is to separate and quantify the heat generation sources that are involved during a fatigue test.