Progressive Failure Analysis of Composite Countersunk Bolted Joints Tests Using an Energy Based Continuum Damage Model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREA FONTANELLI ◽  
SATCHI VENKATARAMAN
Keyword(s):  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Bolted Joints ◽  
Continuum Damage ◽  
Continuum Damage Model ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis

Cross-Ply Laminates under Static Three-Point Bending: A Numerical Development Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 498 ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Benbelaid ◽  
B. Bezzazi ◽  
A. Bezazi
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Continuum Damage Mechanics ◽  
Failure Criteria ◽  
Continuum Damage ◽  
Damage Development ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis

This paper considers damage development mechanisms in cross-ply laminates using an accurate numerical model. Under static three points bending, two modes of damage progression in cross-ply laminates are predominated: transverse cracking and delamination. However, this second mode of damage is not accounted in our numerical model. After a general review of experimental approaches of observed behavior of laminates, the focus is laid on predicting laminate behavior based on continuum damage mechanics. In this study, a continuum damage model based on ply failure criteria is presented, which is initially proposed by Ladevèze. To reveal the effect of different stacking sequence of the laminate; such as thickness and the interior or exterior disposition of the 0° and 90° oriented layers in the laminate, an equivalent damage accumulation which cover all ply failure mechanisms has been predicted. However, the solution algorithm using finite element analysis which implements progressive failure analysis is summarized. The results of the numerical computation have been justified by the previous published experimental observations of the authors.

scholarly journals Progressive Failure Analysis of Laminates with Embedded Wrinkle Defects Based on an Elastoplastic Damage Model

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2422
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Ning ◽  
Guan Liang Huo ◽  
Ren Huai Liu ◽  
Wei Lin Wu ◽  
Jia Ming Xie
Keyword(s):  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Progressive Failure ◽  
Golden Section ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Failure Behavior ◽  
Progressive Failure Analysis ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Elastoplastic Damage

Out-of-plane wrinkling has a significant influence on the mechanical performance of composite laminates. Numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the progressive failure behavior of fiber-reinforced composite laminates with out-of-plane wrinkle defects subjected to axial compression. To describe the material degradation, a three-dimensional elastoplastic damage model with four damage modes (i.e., fiber tensile failure, matrix failure, fiber kinking/splitting, and delamination) was developed based on the LaRC05 criterion. To improve the computational efficiency in searching for the fracture angle in the matrix failure analysis, a high-efficiency and robust modified algorithm that combines the golden section search method with an inverse interpolation based on an existing study is proposed. The elastoplastic damage model was implemented in the finite-element code Abaqus using a user-defined material subroutine in Abaqus/Explicit. The model was applied to the progressive failure analysis of IM7/8552 composite laminates with out-of-plane wrinkles subjected to axial compressive loading. The numerical results showed that the compressive strength prediction obtained by the elastoplastic damage model is more accurate than that derived with an elastic damage model. The present model can describe the nonlinearity of the laminate during the damage evolution and determine the correct damage locations, which are in good agreement with experimental observations. Furthermore, it was discovered that the plasticity effects should not be neglected in laminates with low wrinkle levels.

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