Print Email Facebook Twitter A numerical study on interacting damage mechanisms in FRP laminated composite plates Title A numerical study on interacting damage mechanisms in FRP laminated composite plates Author Ahmed, A. Sluys, L.J. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Experimental testing and numerical analysis often travel in tandem in a design process. Recent advances in novel numerical techniques to simulate mesh objective crack propagation offer a great potential for accurate and efficient damage analysis of composite laminates. This paper presents a numerical study on computational modeling of mesh independent matrix cracking and delamination in laminated composite plates subjected to out-of-plane loading. The analyses are performed with emphasis on a better understanding of the damage development and the interaction between different damage mechanisms. In particular, the effect of fibre orientation, the interface material properties and splitting cracks on damage development and overall response of the laminate are studied. Subject Composite laminated platesmesh objective matrix crackingdelaminationimpact To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:380489d4-3d11-43c9-b38a-662aa246407f Publisher Heron ISSN 0046-7316 Source Heron, 58 (2013) 1 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2013 Ahmed, A.Sluys, L.J. Files PDF 3-1.pdf 997.94 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:380489d4-3d11-43c9-b38a-662aa246407f/datastream/OBJ/view