Delamination in carbon fiber epoxy DCB laminates with different stacking sequences: R-curve behavior and bridging traction-separation relation

Y Gong, X Chen, W Li, L Zhao, J Tao, J Zhang… - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
R-curve and traction-separation relation are commonly used to characterize the fiber
bridging, which is significant toughening mechanism in composite laminates. Current …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmark test for mode I fatigue-driven delamination in GFRP composite laminates: Experimental results and simulation with the inter-laminar damage …

L Carreras, BLV Bak, SM Jensen, C Lequesne… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adopting effective and accurate numerical tools capable of predicting damage effects on the
structure reduces design, certification, and maintenance costs. However, the tools to assess …

Finite element modeling of mode I fatigue delamination growth in composites under large-scale fiber bridging

F Teimouri, M Heidari-Rarani, FH Aboutalebi - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the Turon et al. and Kawashita-Hallett fatigue damage models are extended
with a trilinear cohesive law to simulate mode I fatigue delamination in the composites …

[HTML][HTML] Delamination toughening of composite laminates using weakening or toughening interlaminar patches to initiate multiple delaminations: A numerical study

GG Trabal, BLV Bak, B Chen, SM Jensen… - Engineering Fracture …, 2022 - Elsevier
A numerical study on toughening laminated composite materials against delamination by
initiating multiple interlaminar cracks is presented. Different configurations of interface …

Formulation of a mixed-mode multilinear cohesive zone law in an interface finite element for modelling delamination with R-curve effects

SM Jensen, MJ Martos, BLV Bak, E Lindgaard - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
A constitutive model for an interface finite element is proposed to enable simulation of
delamination in composite materials with R-curve effects. The constitutive model is …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of a complex delamination front using a general cohesive model

P Hu, X Li, G Lubineau - Composites Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The influence of the delamination direction with respect to the fiber orientation in adjacent
plies on the apparent interlaminar toughness is considered by proposing a general cohesive …

[HTML][HTML] Embedding artificial neural networks into twin cohesive zone models for composites fatigue delamination prediction under various stress ratios and mode …

B Zhang, G Allegri, SR Hallett - International Journal of Solids and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents for the first time a novel numerical technique for modelling fatigue
delamination growth in fibre reinforced composites, which is based on coupling two twin …

Decomposing the coupling damage in mode I multidirectional delamination

P Hu, R Tao, X Li, G Lubineau - Composites Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The mode I delamination properties between carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) plies
are difficult to measure because the coupling between the intralaminar and interlaminar …

[HTML][HTML] A simulation method for fatigue-driven delamination in layered structures involving non-negligible fracture process zones and arbitrarily shaped crack fronts

L Carreras, A Turon, BLV Bak, E Lindgaard… - Composites Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most of the existing methods for fatigue-driven delamination are limited to two-dimensional
(2D) applications or their predictive capabilities have not been validated in three …

A robust fatigue parameter determination method for a local fatigue Cohesive Zone Model

I Leciñana, J Zurbitu, J Renart, A Turon - International Journal of Fatigue, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a robust method for determining the input fatigue parameters of a fatigue
cohesive zone model recently developed by Dávila is presented. The method is based on …