Due to application-specific tailoring, continuous fiber reinforced plastics (CoFRP) provide an
exceptional lightweight potential and are particularly suited for structural components. The …

Carbon fibres and their composites are well known for their excellent tensile properties and
light weight characteristics which, amongst other advantages continues to drive demand …

Abstract Qualification of Fiber Reinforced Polymer materials (FRP's) for manufacturing of
structural components in the aerospace industry is usually associated with extensive and …

Failure prediction for carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites has been a
longstanding challenge. In this study, we address this challenge by first applying a well …

Thin-ply composites represent a promising approach to further improve the performance of
carbon fibre composite structures thanks to their ability to delay the onset of matrix cracking …

A new 3D elastoplastic damage model is proposed to predict the plastic deformation and the
progressive failure of unidirectional laminated composite materials at the meso-scale level …

An experimentally validated micro-scale analysis of the visco-thermo-mechanical behavior
of polymer matrix composites under different loads is proposed. A new constitutive law for …

Spurious damage modes in continuum damage mechanics models for fiber-reinforced
polymer composite materials based on the effective stress tensor can be generated when …

This study examines a new approach to facilitate the convergence of upcoming user-
subroutines UMAT when the secant material matrix is applied rather than the conventional …

This paper provides an overview of the current approaches to predict damage and failure of
composite laminates at the micro-(constituent), meso-(ply), and macro-(structural) levels …