This paper presents a review of some of the constitutive models used in finite element
analysis to assess the structural performance of composite materials. The constitutive …

This review paper aims at reporting some of the notable works carried out concerning the
use of nanoparticles (NPs) as a means of improving the resistance of fiber-reinforced …

The dissipated strain energy, representing a monotonically increasing state variable in
nonlinear fracture mechanics, can be used to develop an arc-length constraint equation for …

Failure of quasi-brittle materials is governed by crack formation and propagation which can
be characterized by two phases:(i) diffuse material degradation process with initial crack …

The phase-field modeling of fracture in multi-phase materials is conducted via an adaptive
isogeometric-meshfree approach. In this modeling, the crack and interface phase fields are …

We formulate a modified phase-field model for cohesive interface failure in quasi-brittle
solids. Our model has two novel features:(i) a traction–separation-damage law for damage …

This study presents a crack phase-field approach for anisotropic continua to model, in
particular, fracture of fiber-reinforced matrix composites. Starting with the variational …

In the present work, a phase-field fracture model is developed to create an experimentally
validated, physically motivated, and computationally tractable framework to predict the …

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites have widely been used in the
aerospace field owing to their excellent mechanical properties. However, composite …

A new interfacial cracking model in the phase field framework is proposed. The developed
method is able to capture the effects of both stiff and soft interphases on the fracture …