Morphing, understood as the ability to undergo pronounced shape adaptations to optimally
respond to a diversity of operational conditions, has been singled out as a future direction in …

Because of their superior mechanical and environmental properties compared to traditional
metals, fiber-reinforced composite materials have earned a prevalent acceptance for …

A new phase method for predicting crack propagation path and mechanical response of
fiber reinforced composite laminate is proposed. A new three-dimensional (3D) crack …

A review on works that investigate the mechanical behaviour of variable stiffness composite
laminated panels is carried out in this paper. The review mostly focuses on buckling, failure …

The use of curvilinear fibre paths to develop variable stiffness laminates is now recognised
as a promising technique offering great potential for performance improvements over …

The advent of novel robot-assisted composite manufacturing techniques has enabled
steering of fibre paths in the plane of the lamina, leading to the emergence of the so-called …

A general theoretical and numerical framework for the strength and mass optimisation of
variable-stiffness composite laminates (VSCLs) is presented in this work. The optimisation is …

The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, it presents a methodology for the
deterministic optimisation of a general class of variable-stiffness composite (VSC) structures …

Over the past several decades, composites have increasingly become the material of choice
in modern aircraft structural design. This is primarily due to the high stiffness-and strength-to …

In this study, the optimum design of fiber-reinforced composite plates with different hole
geometries for various load conditions is investigated. Strain energy/compliance is …