The cohesive element (CE) has been widely used to model delamination in laminated
composites. The penalty stiffness, interfacial strength and fracture toughness are three CE …

A thermo-mechanical strength based cohesive zone model is proposed to simulate the
behaviour of an imperfect interface. In this model, the load transfer behaviour is described by …

The present work investigates the interlaminar fracture toughness of a thin unidirectional
carbon fiber-reinforced/polyamide6 (CF/PA6) composite laminate. Aluminum (Al) stiffening …

The present work has a two-fold objective:(i) to critically review the methods for fracture
mode decoupling in unconventional laboratory specimens, such as the asymmetric double …

R-curve and bridging traction-separation relation play important roles for characterizing the
large scale fibre bridging behavior during the delamination growth process whereas their …

The weak interfaces in fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates often dictates the
reliability of the composite structures. In this respect, a new cyclic cohesive zone model …

New closed-form analytical expressions of the energy release rate of a bimaterial cracked
specimen are derived, when it experiences pure mode I in an asymmetric double cantilever …

This study presents a novel method to determine the mode II cohesive law of unidirectional
carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates, employing the End Notched Flexure (ENF) test …

Cohesive zone model (CZM) is a widely used tool for simulating both static and fatigue
damage propagation for bonded area in composite materials. Under static loading, the …

A three-linear cohesive zone model (CZM) superposed by two bilinear laws for modelling
mixed-mode delamination with the effect of large scale fiber bridging is proposed in this …