Recent advances in the automated manufacture of composite structures have renewed the
interest in fibre metal laminate (FML) structures in various engineering sectors. FML …

In this study, we propose a versatile two-scale approach for thermo-viscoelastic analysis of
the curing of composite laminates. Cure-induced residual stresses and part distortion …

Epoxy resin, as a crucial constituent of aerospace-grade composites, is an important
consideration in designing composites for severing service conditions in terms of the …

Direct FE 2, recently proposed by Tan et al.(2020), is a concurrent multilevel modeling
approach, which homogenizes a representative volume element (RVE) to a Cauchy …

Strain localization is a common phenomenon existing in various multiscale materials or
structures, eg, the bulking bands of thin-walled structures, the local collapse of porous …

Shell finite element is computationally efficient and thereby favored in large-scale structural
analysis. With the application of advanced materials, understanding the relation between …

This review paper presents an overview of computational methods for modelling the failure
of composite materials, with a focus on fracture modelling. The paper begins by discussing …

Coupled thermoelectric problem significantly affects the performance of electric devices,
while there seems to be no method for concurrent multiscale modeling of such problems …

Multiscale piezoelectric materials and structures have shown their promising potential of
applications in sensor, energy harvester, actuator and so on. However, the large complexity …

Together with the rapid development in manufacturing technology, multiscale structural
topology optimization presents opportunities for the design of components at both the …