Brittle and ductile dynamic fracture in solids is a complex mechanical phenomenon which
attracted much attention from both engineers and scientists due to its technological interests …

The basic aspects of a material mesomodel dedicated to composite laminates and capable
of simulating complete fracture phenomena are discussed. Attention is focused herein on …

The recent advances in the modeling of degradations in stratified composites have led to
improved models on all scales. In particular, today, micromechanics derived in a generic …

This paper deals with the modeling of damage in laminates under dynamic loading. In the
first part, the basic aspects of the model, which were developed in previous studies, are …

Constitutive parameter identification has been greatly improved by the achievement of full‐
field measurements. In this context, noise sensitivity has been shown to be of great …

Frost damage due to cyclic water freezing/ice thawing in the pores of building materials, is
one of the main reasons jeopardizing durability of the structures in cold climates. A novel …

In this work, we proposed a meshfree crack propagation algorithm for dynamic fracture in
arbitrary curved shell structures. In the numerical simulation of shell fracture, the treatment of …

The use of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites becomes more attractive
today in various industrial sectors such as aerospace, naval, and automotive. This is due to …

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are widely used in aircraft industry because of their
high mechanical properties. However these properties considerably drop when composite …

Novel techniques for modeling 3D cracks and their evolution in solids are presented. Cracks
are modeled in terms of signed distance functions (level sets). Stress, strain and …