The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component (1) made of a
composite material, comprising one or more
layers (2, 3) associated with one another. The method involves a series of steps (4) for the fatigue design of the component (1), comprising: (A) a first step of generating a discretized model (5), for example by means of a finite
element model of the component (1), in which at least a first layer (2) and, as needed, at least a second layer (3) are divided into two or more first portions (6) and two or more second portions (7), respectively; (B) a second step of defining positions of one or more first injury
initiation sites (8) and one or more second injury
initiation sites (9) within each of the two or more first portions (6) and each of the two or more second portions (7), respectively; (C) a third step of assigning a fatigue
strength parameter to each of the damage
initiation sites; (D) a fourth step of establishing a load history to be simulated on the component on the basis of specific load conditions, the total number of cycles (NC) to be simulated being divided into discrete cycle blocks, each of which is assigned a load condition.