Developed from the author's course on advanced mechanics of composite materials, Finite
Element Analysis of Composite Materials with Abaqus® shows how powerful finite element …

A method is presented to calculate the material parameters required by the progressive
damage analysis (PDA) material-model in ANSYS®. The proposed method is based on …

A method for fatigue damage quantification in composite materials, based on experimental
stiffness degradation data for composite laminates subjected to cyclic load is proposed …

An analytical, closed form solution is developed for balanced (not necessarily symmetric)
laminates subjected to flexural deformation. The analytical solution provides spatial …

This work addresses the evaluation of the stiffness of fiber-reinforced composite laminates,
by means of a computational meso-mechanic model, considering two non-uniformly spaced …

The formation and healing of cracks in fiber-reinforced composites made of a thermally
remendable polymeric matrix were studied. A new thermally remendable polymer, using …

This article presents a finite element model to predict the thermo-mechanical behavior of ply-
cracked composite laminates from their discrete structure at the ply level, ie, the …

Simple approach based on Classical Laminate Theory (CLT) and effective stiffness of
damaged layer is suggested for bending stiffness determination of laminate with intralaminar …

A novel variational model is developed that can predict the stress transfer between plies in
cracked general cross-ply laminates subject to general in-plane (Nxx, Nyy, Nxy) and out-of …

In this work, a constitutive model is developed and used to predict matrix cracking and fiber
damage evolution in all the plies of symmetric laminates when both mechanic and thermal …