A plane-stress damage model for vectran laminated composite

• Main Authors: Abdullah, S. I. B. S., Iannucci, L., Greenhalgh, E. S., Ahmad, Z.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2021
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95425/1/Abdullah2021_Article_APlaneStressDamageModelForVec.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95425/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10443-021-09888-w

The aim of this paper is to present a plane-stress damage model based on the Classical Lamination Theory (CLT), developed for polymer fibre-based composite. The proposed numerical model utilises a damage mechanics methodology coupled with fracture mechanics to predict composite failure, particularly...