The importance of the cohesive-zone approach to analyse localisation and fracture in
engineering materials is emphasised and ways to incorporate the cohesive-zone …

The theoretical and practical achievements in the field of the theory of strength and reliability
of composite materials are discussed in a review conducted on the scientific research …

A trend in the last decade towards models in which nonlinear crack tip processes are
represented explicitly, rather than being assigned to a point process at the crack tip (as in …

The discrete cohesive zone model (DCZM) is implemented using the finite element (FE)
method to simulate fracture initiation and subsequent growth when material non-linear …

Evaluation of mode I fracture characteristics, such as critical opening displacement and
process-zone length, is fundamental for the analysis and prediction of crack growth. To …

Delamination between a coating and a substrate is often an undesired phenomenon, for
which predictive numerical schemes are required. The interface between the coating and …

The paper presents an overview of peridynamics, a continuum theory that employs a
nonlocal model of force interaction. Specifically, the stress/strain relationship of classical …

This paper proposes a new method to simulate ductile failure using finite element analysis
based on the stress-modified fracture strain model. A procedure is given to determine the …

This article proposes a fully three-dimensional finite element model, developed at the meso-
scale level, to predict the progressive damage behavior of a single-layer triaxially braided …

This paper presents and exercises a general structure for an object‐oriented‐enriched finite
element code. The programming environment provides a robust tool for extended finite …