scholarly journals Mesoscale finite element analysis of cracked composite laminates under out-of-plane loads using 3D periodic boundary conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 111699 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Garoz ◽  
M. Hajikazemi ◽  
T.D. Dinh ◽  
W. Van Paepegem
2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 096369350601500
Author(s):  
Dionisios T. G. Katerelos

Among the principal damage modes in composite laminates, is delamination. Design details, such as free, straight or curved, edges, induce large local out-of-plane loads, generating interlaminar stresses. In the present work, the effect of ply thickness and the angle between two adjacent layers on the interlaminar stresses developed at the vicinity of straight and curved free edges in composite laminates under thermomechanical loading is examined. The results are obtained by the application of a 3-dimensional Finite Element Analysis.


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