Fibre-hybrid composites are composed of two or more fibre types in a matrix. Such
composites offer more design freedom than non-hybrid composites. The aim is often to …

In order for composite materials to be used more extensively in load carrying aircraft
structures, they have to be maintained in a safe and economical manner. Critical flaws may …

The deformation and damage mechanisms of carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy laminates
deformed in shear were studied by means of X-ray computed tomography. In particular, the …

The growing use of composite material has arisen from their high specific strength and
stiffness when compared to the more conventional materials, and the ability to tailor their …

A constitutive model to predict stiffness reduction due to transverse matrix cracking is
derived for laminae with arbitrary orientation, subject to in-plane stress, embedded in …

Stiffness reduction of angle-ply laminates of the type [θm (2)/θn (1)] s containing intralaminar
cracks in the middle laminae is analyzed. Using the principle of minimum complementary …

A physics-based multi-scale progressive damage model was developed for predicting the
durability of wind turbine blade structures. Computational micromechanics was coupled …

The growing use of composite material has arisen from their high specific strength and
stiffness, when compared to the more conventional materials, and the ability to tailor their …

This paper treats the problem of elastic response of composite laminates containing matrix
cracks in plies of multiple orientations. The approach taken has been described as …

An energy-based model is developed to predict the evolution of sub-critical matrix crack
density in symmetric multidirectional composite laminates for the case of multiaxial loading …