The design and analysis of composite structures in the form of layered plates or shells is
often driven by stress concentration phenomena that occur due to geometric or material …

Whereas mechanics theories for isotropic materials have been almost matured, those for
anisotropic or composite materials well established are only limited to linear elasticity. All of …

Automated composite manufacturing processes such as Automated Tape Laying (ATL) and
Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) are effective methods to produce high quality, lightweight …

The failure strength of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic laminates under open-hole tension
varies considerably with ply angle, ply blocking and loading direction. Here, laminates with …

Defects such as out-of-plane wrinkles are known to strongly affect in-plane strength but there
has been very little research on their effect on out-of-plane properties. Experimental and …

Laminated composites with complex structures, such as L, C, or T-shaped geometries, are
used at junction parts in the automotive and aerospace industries. Due to delamination …

To simulate delamination in a laminate, a pure matrix secondary layer is inserted between
its primary lamina layers. The stresses in the weakest secondary layer element obtained …

Complex composite parts, and especially curved laminated composites, are more subject to
defects than flat laminates. One of the most common defects is the presence of wrinkles …

In this paper, the complex failure modes including intra-laminar matrix cracking, inter-
laminar delamination and their interaction such as matrix cracking induced delamination …

A novel Bayesian optimisation framework is proposed for the design of stronger stacking
sequences in composite laminates. The framework is the first to incorporate high-fidelity …