An overview is given of the development of methods for the prediction of fatigue driven
delamination growth over the past 40 years. Four categories of methods are identified …

Advanced design methodologies enable lighter and more reliable composite structures or
components. However, efforts to include fatigue delamination in the simulation of …

Accurate analysis of composite delamination using interface elements relies on having
sufficient elements within a softening region known as the cohesive zone ahead of a crack …

The analysis of adhesively bonded joints started in 1938 with the closed-form model of
Volkersen. The equilibrium equation of a single lap joint led to a simple governing …

A damage model for the simulation of delamination propagation under high-cycle fatigue
loading is proposed. The basis for the formulation is a cohesive law that links fracture and …

A reliable numerical damage model has been developed for adhesively bonded joints under
fatigue loading that is only dependant on the adhesive system and not on joint configuration …

A cohesive zone interface element degradation law is presented for analyzing delamination
crack propagation under cyclic loading. Development of the law is based on a detailed study …

A concise constitutive law for cohesive interfaces is proposed in this paper. A new state
variable is introduced to track the extent of damage accumulated at the interface. The …

The application of cohesive zone interface elements to modelling discrete matrix dominated
failures in polymer composites is reviewed. It is shown that because they can accurately …

A novel approach is proposed for the use of cohesive elements in the analysis of
delamination propagation in composite materials under high-cycle fatigue loading. The …