With the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, the on-board hydrogen storage
technology with safety, efficiency and economy has become a fundamental part. Low cost …

Under complex environments such as continuous or cyclic loads, the stiffness degradation
for the laminated composites such as the carbon fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites …

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 …

This paper presents a 3-D failure model for predicting the dynamic material response of
composite laminates under impact loading. The formulation is based on the Continuum …

Recent developments in the aircraft industry towards substantially improving fuel economy
and extending flight range have accelerated interest in the use of advanced composites as …

The present article provides a review on the nonlinear mechanical behavior of polymer
matrix composites (PMCs). Initially, essential mechanisms driving the nonlinear response of …

The success of any progressive failure analysis of composite structures is influenced by the
failure criteria and the associated material property degradation models. The failure criteria …

This paper presents a progressive damage model, which is sufficiently general to predict the
ultimate load-bearing ability and complex failure behaviors of the aluminum–carbon …

The general behavior of self-healing materials is modeled including both irreversible and
healing processes. A constitutive model, based on a continuum thermodynamic framework …

An emerging application of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is to replace steel
cables for cable-supported bridges, enhancing the service lives, reducing maintenance …