Commercial development of gaseous hydrogen storage in fuel cell electric vehicles is
inevitably subjected to reliable and cost-effective design of composite pressure vessels. In …

Type IV composite pressure vessels represent the current state-of-the-art for compressed
gaseous hydrogen storage in fuel cell electric vehicles. A combination of highly demanding …

The failure of composite laminates under cyclic fatigue loads is complex, as multiple failure
mechanisms are in play at different scales and interact with each other. Predicting the …

A meshing and model construction framework for progressive damage analysis of fabric
composites is proposed. A mesoscale idealization is used such that the fiber tows are …

Given the time-consuming and complex nature associated with the aging of composites, a
novel fabric pre-aging method was developed and evaluated for static and fatigue testing. It …

An approach to predict intralaminar failure mechanisms in laminate fibre-reinforced
composites, at finite strains, is proposed. Transverse matrix cracking is described by a …

Composite pipes are increasingly used in demanding applications thanks to their light
weight and corrosion resistance. To manage their integrity, tools able to predict their fatigue …

In this paper, an enhanced three-dimensional continuum damage mechanics model is
applied to predict the drop-weight impact response and compression after impact failure of a …

This publication presents a numerical investigation of Thin-Ply Hybrid CFRP bolted joints. In
addition to Thin-and Thick-Ply specimens, hybrid specimens are investigated by substituting …

The use of continuum damage models for fiber-reinforced plastic materials within the finite
element method presents a mesh dependence problem called localization, which is …