The reduction of weight elements is considered as a major objective of several
manufacturing companies. This objective will help in growing application sections of the …

The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites is gaining increasing
popularity in impact-resistant devices, automotives, biomedical devices and aircraft …

Given such advantages as low weight compared to strength and toughness, laminated
composites are now used in a wide range of applications. Their increasing use has …

The fracture behavior of composite bonded joints subjected to mode-I, mode-II and mixed-
mode I+ II loading conditions was characterized by mechanical testing and numerical …

This article surveys existing cohesive zone models (CZM) and their use in numerical
simulations for analysis impacts on composite structures and predicting the damage …

We present and compare the joint and dual variants of the extended Kalman filter for
coupled state and parameter identification problems. With reference to nonlinear dynamics …

A nonlocal cohesive zone model is derived taking into account the properties of finite
thickness interfaces. The functional expression of the stress–separation relationship, which …

The previous experimental studies have demonstrated that fiber-reinforced laminated
composites exhibit lower interlaminar fracture resistance at high loading rates. This global …

The mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness of composite laminates under different loading
rates can be measured by the double cantilever beam (DCB) test. It is observed from the …

This study concerns an elastic–plastic cohesive zone model for metal–ceramic interfaces
and the corresponding nonlinear finite element implementation for general boundary value …