This review paper summarizes the current state-of-art and challenges for the future
developments of fiber-reinforced composites for structural applications with multifunctional …

A bottom‐up, multiscale modeling approach is presented to carry out high‐fidelity virtual
mechanical tests of composite materials and structures. The strategy begins with the in situ …

The ultra-thinning of large tow carbon fiber (CF) is a trend to promote the industrialization of
CF-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials. However, pristine epoxy resins cannot …

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

This paper presents the application of a new constitutive damage model for an epoxy matrix
on micromechanical analyses of polymer composite materials. Different representative …

The mechanical behavior of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites subjected to
tension and compression perpendicular to the fibers is studied using computational …

A brittle/ductile multilayered composite was designed and fabricated by reaction annealing
of pure Ti and Al foils, and comprised alternating α-Ti (Al) layer, α+ α 2 dual-phase layer, and …

A hierarchical multiscale model is established to reveal the failure mechanism of three-
dimensional (3D) braided composites at high temperature. Firstly, the tensile and bending …

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 …

Transverse cracking in cross-ply carbon/epoxy and glass/epoxy laminates in tension is
analyzed by means of computational micromechanics. Longitudinal plies were modeled as …