Quantifying microscopic damage mechanisms in opaque composite laminates with multiple
off-axis plies throughout fatigue experiments is challenging. However, if successful …

The positive combination of lightweight design and high fatigue resistance of fiber reinforced
materials has led to their broad application in many different structural applications. During …

Although they have lower stiffness and load bearing capabilities than composites reinforced
with synthetic fibers, there is increasing attention on natural fiber reinforced plastic (NFRP) …

Although studies have shown ply blocking in carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP)
improves their resistance to fiber damage and affect their mechanical behavior under …

This paper formulates an analytical model based on intrinsic material properties to predict
ply cracking initiation and propagation in multiple plies and its impact on laminate strength in …

Delamination induced by ply cracking is an important damage mechanism that results in
stress redistribution and degrades both the in-plane and out-of-plane laminate properties. In …

A constitutive model was proposed to predict the deformation and characterize the failure
features of fiber-reinforced composite structures under dynamic loading. Primarily, quasi …

Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) laminates are widely used in the automotive and
marine industries such as auto bodies and boat hulls. Decreasing the weight and improving …

Bio-inspired helicoidal CFRP laminates have been shown to sustain higher loads than
conventional laminates. Such works have focussed on thermoset systems. A first attempt to …

In the present work a novel framework of algorithm has been proposed for enhancing the
versatility of the element-free Galerkin method for modeling of fracture in graded media …