3D FEA modelling of laminated composites in bending and their failure mechanisms
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 95
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.09.048
- Title of journal
- Composite Structures
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- First page
- 693
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0263-8223
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Delamination plays an important role in composite failure, where one of the main causes is due to interlaminar shear stress. This paper is significant because the traditional research methods based on infinitely wide plates have experienced difficulties in regions near boundaries, which suffer from poor accuracy in case of high height-to-width ratios. The paper develops a robust 3D Finite Element Analysis and an extended classical laminate theory model to illustrate the significant effects of fibre lay-up on the flexural failure mechanisms in composite laminates which leads to some suggestions to improve the design of composite laminates.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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