High performance structures require the use of different materials to meet their demanding
requirements. Especially fibre reinforced polymer composites are nowadays often bonded to …

In the last two decades, Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites were effectively used
for increasing the load-carrying capacity of masonry arches and for improving their …

Delamination events are major issues which notably affect the integrity of composite
structures. To minimize the experimental efforts, there is an increasing demand for …

In this paper semi-analytical expressions are derived for the energy release rate and the
stress intensity factors of edge-cracked homogeneous and orthotropic layers subject to …

A nonlocal linear elastic fracture formulation is presented based on a discrete layer
approach and an interface model to study cracked nanobeams. The formulation uses the …

A new linear elastic and perfectly brittle interface model for mixed mode is presented and
analysed. In this model, the interface is represented by a continuous distribution of springs …

Interfacial debonding is one of the major failure patterns in composite structures. In this work,
a nodal-based extrinsic cohesive/contact model is proposed for the purpose of efficient and …

In the present study, a three-dimensional finite element framework has been developed to
model a full-scale multilaminate composite helicopter rotor blade. Tip deformation and stress …

Discrete element method (DEM) was used to model progressive delamination of fiber
reinforced composite laminates. The anisotropic composite plies were constructed through a …

A new methodology based on a moving mesh technique and a multilayer formulation is
proposed with the purpose to predict crack onset, evolution and coalescence of the …