Basalt mineral fibre, made directly from basalt rock, has good mechanical behavior, superior
thermal stability, better chemical durability, good moisture resistance and can easily be …

In this study a complete procedure is presented of how to generate finite element models
based on X-ray computer tomography data on the fibre bundle scale for non-crimp fabric …

The dependency of the fatigue resistance on the fiber volume fraction of a non-crimp glass
fiber fabric reinforced polyester polymer matrix composite is investigated, in the range of …

This study investigates the mechanical properties (interlaminar shear and flexural strength)
and failure modes of a basalt/epoxy composite, manufactured using a non-crimp-fabric …

A new approach that utilizes Thermoelastic Stress Analysis (TSA) is proposed to investigate
fatigue-induced material degradation in laminated fiber-reinforced polymer composites …

Understanding the fatigue damage mechanisms in composite materials is of great
importance in the wind turbine industry because of the very large number of loading cycles …

The steady-state energy release rate for tunneling cracks under mixed-mode loading is
determined using finite element analyses. The balanced and symmetric laminate layup …

The current research work presents a detailed and thoroughly validated computational
micromechanical modeling methodology to study the damage initiation and propagation in a …

Failure analysis in non-crimp fabric (NCF) based fibre reinforced composite materials is
challenging due to the complexity associated with multiaxial fabric architectures and the …

A critical material design criterion for the composite material used in the load-carrying
laminates of a wind turbine blade is the fatigue resistance. From a few characteristic …