This paper gives details of the input data and a full description of a set of 13 test cases
provided to the participants of the third world-wide failure exercise for use in their theoretical …

The authors have recently completed two world-wide failure exercises, which dealt with
benchmarking recognised failure criteria under two-dimensional and three-dimensional …

This paper provides a set of concluding remarks on Part A of the third world-wide failure
exercise where a comparison has been made between the capabilities of 12 different …

The stiffness degradation of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) has significant effects on its
fatigue life and reliability. In this study, the inherent correlation between stiffness degradation …

This paper investigates the thermal postbuckling and a large amplitude vibration of thermally
postbuckled hybrid laminated plate resting on a Pasternak elastic foundation. The plate is …

The nonlinear bending and postbuckling behaviors of a hybrid laminated plate resting on a
Pasternak elastic foundation in thermal environments are investigated in this paper. The …

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 …

A comprehensive study was performed to assess the influence of microscopic ply crack
interactions on crack surface opening (COD) and sliding displacements (CSD) for arbitrary …

A combined experimental and numerical approach is presented to calibrate the parameters
of a previously developed nonlocal damage model used to simulate the inelastic response …

A multiscale model based on synergistic damage mechanics is developed for predicting the
elastic response of symmetric composite laminates containing matrix cracks in plies of …