LVI has become a serious threat to the composite industry because it induces complex
failure mechanisms and internal damages which significantly reduce the structural …

Low-velocity impact damage can drastically reduce the residual strength of a composite
structure even when the damage is barely visible. The ability to computationally predict the …

This study investigated the damage and failure mechanism of composite laminates under
low-velocity impact and compression-after-impact (CAI) loading conditions by numerical and …

A woven five-harness satin (5HS) weave with AS4 carbon fibres, and unidirectional high
strength IMS60 carbon fibres were used to manufacture hybrid laminates, using resin …

Progressive damage models based on continuum damage mechanics were used in
combination with cohesive interface elements to predict the structural response and the …

This paper presents a validation of low-velocity impact Finite Element (FE) modelling. Based
on switching ply location of reference layup [0 2, 45 2, 90 2,− 45 2] s T700GC/M21 laminated …

Thermoplastic composites are likely to emerge as the preferred solution for meeting the high-
volume production demands of passenger road vehicles. Substantial effort is currently being …

Bolted joints are the dominant connection method in assembling composite structures. To
investigate the failure mechanism of composite bolted joints under tensile loading, a three …

Despite the abundance of studies investigating the performance of composite structures
under crush loading, disagreement remains in the literature regarding the effect of increased …

This paper presents a three-dimensional continuum damage mechanics-based material
model which was implemented in an implicit finite element code to simulate the progressive …