Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1466881 Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2010 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

The application of cohesive zone interface elements to modelling discrete matrix dominated failures in polymer composites is reviewed. It is shown that because they can accurately represent the physical mechanisms controlling damage development and failure, they are able to give excellent simulations of a wide variety of phenomena including delamination, laminate in-plane failure, behaviour at notches, impact damage and structural failure due to debonding.

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