The behavior of composite laminates subject to notch based stress concentrations is difficult
to apprehend, especially the mechanisms of damage progression leading to total failure …

Cut-out or holes are unavoidable features in composites for structural assembly and
functionality. To enhance the strength of the unidirectional glass fiber reinforced plastic (UD …

Basalt fiber composites have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their
advantages over carbon fiber composites in many aspects such as lower cost …

Numerical and experimental investigations were carried out on the size effect in notched
carbon/epoxy laminates. This paper presents a computational study of scaled open-hole …

It is generally accepted that the cohesive zone model is a common and highly effective
method for simulating interlaminar damage in multilayer materials or structures. However …

This paper presents a multiscale model developed to predict scaling effects in plain woven
carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. The model contains a parameter …

The presented paper investigates the nonlinear vibration of a nanobeam with a piezoelectric
layer bounded to its top surface considering the nonlocal piezoelectricity theory. To do this …

Laminated plates are often modeled with infinite dimensions in terms of the so-called
Whitney–Nuismer (WN) stress criteria, which form a theoretical basis for predicting the …

Numerical and experimental research programs have been carried out to investigate the
effect of scaling on the tensile strength of notched composites. This paper presents a …

Delamination crack growth in a double cantilever beam laminated composites is modeled by
using simple stress analysis beam theory combined with simple linear elastic fracture …