This document presents comprehensive historical accounts on the developments of finite
element methods (FEM) since 1941, with a specific emphasis on developments related to …

Recent advances in the automated manufacture of composite structures have renewed the
interest in fibre metal laminates (FMLs) in various engineering sectors. FML structures …

Using multiscale and multidimensional data from experiments and advanced microscopic
characterisation, a piecewise damage model for SiC/SiC composite structures has been …

Thermal protection is one of the crucial issues for the advanced propulsion systems of
Reusable Launch Vehicles. New service requirements for materials, such as high strength …

This study presents a novel three-dimensional (3D) micromechanical peridynamic (PD)
model to establish relationships between microstructural features such as shape, size and …

The failure behaviors of 3D woven composites (3DWC) under biaxial tensile loadings are
investigated through a combined experimental and numerical approach in this paper …

A hierarchical multi-scale numerical model is developed to predict the effect of cross-
sectional geometric properties on the mechanical response of three-dimensional (3D) …

Multiscale computing for heterogeneous materials provides a powerful and fidelity approach
to handling situations where a suitable macroscopic constitutive model is unavailable …

In this work, a Damage-related Adaptive Self-Consistent Clustering Analysis (DASCA)
method is developed to achieve higher solving accuracy for 3D damage problems than Self …

An efficient and accurate multiscale modeling for the mechanical behavior of braided
composites with complex microstructure is an outstanding challenge in the mechanics of …