Laminated glass is a simple sandwiched composite structure, while being widely used in the
automotive industry as windshield glazings. It is considered to be safety glass due to its …

The designed fracture of laminated glass (LG) makes it useful for architectural, glazing,
automotive safety, photovoltaic, ultraviolet ray protection, and decorative applications. The …

The external bonding of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets is a widely used method for
strengthening and rehabilitating existing concrete structures. The premature failure of these …

The cohesive material law (CML), ie, relationship between the interfacial shear stress and
slip between a fiber reinforced composite and the substrate, is a fundamental tool to model …

In the last decades, the increasing need for strengthening and retrofitting of existing masonry
members has led the scientific community toward the development of innovative …

As a form of durable pavement structure commonly used in the world, continuously
reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) has prominent problems caused by irregular crack …

Abstract Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (FRP) are innovative structural elements that
are experiencing a steady increase in use for different structural applications. Due to their …

Various methodologies and frameworks have been developed for extended finite element
method (XFEM) to simulate two-dimensional and three-dimensional microcrack initiation …

Interfaces adjacent to a 90° ply in laminated composites show a typical zigzag path during
the mode I delamination propagation process, which is considered to be closely related to …

Steel reinforced polymer (SRP) composites have become an interesting addition to the
realm of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for strengthening applications of …