Lightweight materials and structures have attracted tremendous interests for their compelling
advantages in a range of engineering problems that have placed heightened requirements …

The custom of hybridization fibre composite in energy absorption tube application has
gained the attention of structural crashworthiness in composite material industry. Thus, the …

The suitability of a progressive failure material model to simulate the quasi-static crushing of
a composite specimen is evaluated. The commercially available material model MAT54 …

In the present study, the low-energy impact response of woven carbon fibre reinforced
plastic (CFRP) composite sandwich panels with thermoplastic honeycomb and reentrant …

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 paper is concerned with the development and verification of a combined elastoplastic
damage model for the progressive failure analysis of composite materials and structures …

A finite element modeling methodology was developed to study the crushing behavior and
energy absorption characteristics of graphite/epoxy laminated circular tubes. Laminated …

In composite aircraft structures, woven carbon-fibre reinforced plies are often used as the
surface plies of a monolithic composite panel, made from unidirectional plies, to mitigate …

Robust finite element models are utilised for their ability to predict simple to complex
mechanical behaviour under certain conditions at a very low cost compared to experimental …

The application of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) material introduces great
challenges to the optimization design process, such as complex non-linear material …