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This study develops an interlaminar fatigue damage model to quantify the mechanics of the damage process and address the reliability of composite structures. The model considers the failure process in two stages: (1) damage due to degradation of interlaminar elastic properties, and (2) damage due to dissipation of fracture energy through the damage evolution process. The model is examined for a case study of mode I fatigue loading of a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminate. The results show that the interlaminar normal stress is confined to the crack front region, with tensile stress peaks at 70% of the interlaminar strength. Furthermore, a stable interface crack growth is predicted initially, followed by a sudden crack \u201cjump\u201d at 14,000 cycles. 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