The development of the latest generation of wide-body passenger aircraft has heralded a
new era in the utilisation of carbon-fibre composite materials. One of the primary challenges …

In this paper, the recently developed two-dimensional (2D) phase field model is further
applied to study micromechanical progressive failure process in three-dimensional (3D) …

Initial fibre misalignment is recognised to be one of the precursors leading to longitudinal
compressive failure in fibre-reinforced composites. Thus, to properly model their mechanical …

This paper provides an overview of the current approaches to predict damage and failure of
composite laminates at the micro-(constituent), meso-(ply), and macro-(structural) levels …

A three-dimensional micromechanics framework is developed to estimate the mode I
through-thickness intralaminar crack resistance curve of unidirectional carbon fibre …

During the manufacturing of thermoset-based carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs),
micro-residual stresses are developed in the material, due a mismatch of the chemical …

The mechanical behaviour and progressive damage of two-dimensional plain woven carbon-
epoxy fabrics is modelled at different length scales, taking into account the geometric and …

This paper integrates an efficient numerical framework with robust and accurate constitutive
equations to study transverse behavior and multiple cracking of cross-ply fiber-reinforced …

This paper presents a new method for generating the random fiber distributions of carbon
fiber reinforced plastic with high volume fraction. The novelty is that an adaptive fiber …

A full understanding of the non-linear mechanical response of the polymer is essential for
fibre-reinforced polymer composite design because an explicit definition of constitutive …