Interlaminar fracture or delamination is one of the major failure modes for fiber reinforced
polymer (FRP) and fiber metal laminate (FML) composites. Many studies have been carried …

Composite materials are prone to delamination as they are weaker in the thickness
direction. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are introduced as a multiscale reinforcement into the …

This paper aims to investigate the low-velocity impact (LVI) failure mechanism of fibre metal
laminates (FMLs), and systematically explore the effects of internal factors (layup sequence …

Recently, there is a pressing need for high-performance and lightweight structural materials
in aircraft and automobile industry; fibre metal laminates (FMLs) are suggested ideal …

Different architectures of layered laminates comprising two exterior layers of Al-Mg-Si/SiC
metal matrix composite and an Al1050 ductile interlayer were fabricated by means of hot roll …

Shear-dominated delamination is among one of the most common damages types. Deep
understanding of the mode II fatigue delamination growth (FDG) behaviour is critically …

Interfacial fracture toughness of co-cured steel-carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) hybrid
composites were investigated in this paper. To illustrate the effect of the interlayer on the …

Improving the interlaminar fracture toughness of fiber metal laminates comprising titanium
alloy (Ti) and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) holds considerable significance for …

In recent years, nanomaterial reinforced composites have been extensively studied,
however, research on molecular composites, ie composites reinforced by rigid-rod …

Motivated by previous research performed by the authors assessing the fracture behavior in
orthotropic materials under mixed-mode I/II loading, this article aims to propose a novel …