Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites

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Computational techniques for simulation of damage and failure in composite materials

J.L. Curiel-Sosa¹, R. Brighenti², M.C. Serna Moreno³,  and E. Barbieri^4     1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK     ²University of Parma, Parma, Italy     ³Mecánica de los Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras, E.T.S.I. Industriales, Ciudad Real, Spain     ⁴Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Abstract

This chapter presents some of the most recent and relevant computational techniques for modelling and simulation of damage and/or failure on composite materials. In the last few years, the number of computer methods dedicated to virtual composite damage simulation has exploded as a consequence of progress on a number of numerical methods, such as the partition ...