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Mechanics Based Modeling of Composite and Sandwich Structures in the Naval Environment: Elastic Behavior, Fracture and Damage Evolution

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The chapter summarizes selected work by the author and her collaborators on mechanics based modeling of composite and sandwich materials and structures for marine applications. Models and results are presented on various aspects of the mechanical response of these systems. Closed form solutions for elastic response and wave propagation and dispersion of layered plates subject to thermo-mechanical loadings, also in the presence of interfacial damage and imperfections, are derived using the theory of elasticity, matrix methods and a multiscale homogenization technique. Interface fracture mechanics solutions are derived, which are useful for the characterization of the fracture properties of sandwich composites, and account for the effects of shear on energy release rate and mode mixity. Evolution and interaction of damage mechanisms in sandwich beams with compressive yielding cores subject to time-dependent loading are investigated and energy barriers to the propagation of face-sheet delaminations identified. A multiscale modeling strategy for mode II dominant delamination fracture of laminated and sandwich beams is presented which does not require a through-thickness discretization of the problem and captures, using the same kinematic variables of a classical equivalent single-layer theory, local and global effects caused by the layered architecture and the interaction of the delaminations.

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The support by the U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, grant N00014-17-1-2914 and the useful discussions and suggestions of the program manager Dr. Y.D.S. Rajapakse are gratefully acknowledged.

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Massabò, R. (2020). Mechanics Based Modeling of Composite and Sandwich Structures in the Naval Environment: Elastic Behavior, Fracture and Damage Evolution. In: Lee, S. (eds) Advances in Thick Section Composite and Sandwich Structures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31065-3_12

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