This review is a fundamental tool for researchers and engineers involved in the design and
optimization of fiber-reinforced composite materials. The aim is to provide a comprehensive …

Adhesively bonded hybrid FRP-aluminium structures have recently become an efficient
solution for marine engineering applications. However, polymer adhesives' bond …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) improve the fracture toughness of polymer-based matrix
composites by bridging the crack growth path. This research presents a finite element (FE) …

Fracture mechanics data from fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix (FRP) composites are
required for damage-tolerant design. Quantifying scatter is essential for determining design …

The present study is focused on the characterization of the fatigue damage features in
carbon/epoxy laminates under mode-II loading conditions. To this aim, a sinusoidal cyclic …

Interlaminar crack propagation in layered materials, such as composites, is still a not fully
understood phenomenon in fracture mechanics. Experimental observations reveal a broad …

The previous experimental studies have demonstrated that fiber-reinforced laminated
composites exhibit lower interlaminar fracture resistance at high loading rates. This global …

Epoxy (EP) is widely used in many engineering applications, however, its inherent
brittleness limits their impact resistance. Conventional toughening agents usually lead to …

This work aims at studying the loading rate dependency of mode I delamination growth in
CFRPs, using typical fracture toughness analysis through both the R-curve and the crack tip …

Since its first meeting in 1985, ESIS TC4 has held regular semiannual meetings with
between 15 and 35 participants, has organized a series of conferences (the first in 1994 …