Mechanical Response of Composites

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Computational Methods for Debonding in Composites

   • René de Borst, Joris J. C. Remmers

   Pages 1-25

3. Material and Failure Models for Textile Composites

   • Raimund Rolfes, Gerald Ernst, Matthias Vogler, Christian Hühne

   Pages 27-56

4. Practical Challenges in Formulating Virtual Tests for Structural Composites

   • Brian N. Cox, S. Mark Spearing, Daniel R. Mumm

   Pages 57-75

5. Analytical and Numerical Investigation of the Length of the Cohesive Zone in Delaminated Composite Materials

   • Albert Turon, Josep Costa, Pedro P. Camanho, Pere Maimí

   Pages 77-97

6. Combining Elastic Brittle Damage with Plasticity to Model the Non-linear behavior of Fiber Reinforced Laminates

   • Clara Schuecker, Heinz E. Pettermann

   Pages 99-117

7. Study of Delamination in Composites by Using the Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory and a Damage Formulation

   • Xavier Martínez, Sergio Oller, Ever Barbero

   Pages 119-140

8. Interaction Between Intraply and Interply Failure in Laminates

   • F. P. van der Meer, L. J. Sluys

   Pages 141-160

9. A Numerical Material Model for Predicting the High Velocity Impact Behaviour of Polymer Composites

   • Lucio Raimondo, Lorenzo Iannucci, Paul Robinson, Silvestre T. Pinho

   Pages 161-177

10. Progressive Damage Modeling of Composite Materials Under Both Tensile and Compressive Loading Regimes

    • N. Zobeiry, A. Forghani, C. McGregor, R. Vaziri, A. Poursartip

    Pages 179-195

11. Elastoplastic Modeling of Multi-phase Metal Matrix Composite with Void Growth Using the Transformation Field Analysis and Governing Parameter Method

    • Ernest T. Y. Ng, Afzal Suleman

    Pages 197-221

12. Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials by Asymptotic Expansion Homogenisation

    • J. A. Oliveira, J. Pinho-da-Cruz, F. Teixeira-Dias

    Pages 223-242

13. On Buckling Optimization of a Wind Turbine Blade

    • Erik Lund, Leon S. Johansen

    Pages 243-260

14. Computation of Effective Stiffness Properties for Textile-Reinforced Composites Using X-FEM

    • M. Kästner, G. Haasemann, J. Brummund, V. Ulbricht

    Pages 261-279

15. Development of Domain Superposition Technique for the Modelling of Woven Fabric Composites

    • Wen-Guang Jiang, Stephen R. Hallett, Michael R. Wisnom

    Pages 281-291

16. Numerical Simulation of Fiber Orientation and Resulting Thermo-Elastic Behavior in Reinforced Thermo-Plastics

    • H. Miled, L. Silva, J. F. Agassant, T. Coupez

    Pages 293-313

Themethodologyfordesigninghigh-performancecompositestructuresisstill evo- ing. The complexity of the response of composite materials and the dif?culties in predicting the composite material properties from the basic properties of the c- stituents result in the need for a well-planned and exhaustive test program. The recommended practice to mitigate the technological risks associated with advanced composite materials is to substantiate the performance and durability of the design in a sequence of steps known as the Building Block Approach. The Building Block Approach ensures that cost and performance objectives are met by testing greater numbers of smaller, less expensive specimens. In this way, technology risks are assessed early in the program. In addition, the knowledge acquired at a given level of structural complexity is built up before progressing to a level of increased complexity. Achieving substantiation of structural performance by testing alone can be p- hibitively expensive because of the number of specimens and components required to characterize all material systems, loading scenarios and boundary conditions. Building Block Approachprogramscan achieve signi?cant cost reductionsby se- ing a synergy between testing and analysis. The more the development relies on analysis, the less expensive it becomes. The use of advanced computational models for the prediction of the mechanical response of composite structures can replace some of the mechanical tests and can signi?cantly reduce the cost of designing with composites while providing to the engineers the information necessary to achieve an optimized design.

• Analysis
• Transformation
• Velocity Impact
• composite materials
• mechanics
• model
• modeling
• modelling
• optimization
• simulation

• DEMEGI, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  Pedro P. Camanho

• Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch, MS 188E NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, USA

  Carlos G. Dávila

• Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, UK

  Silvestre T. Pinho

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  Joris J. C. Remmers