Computationally efficient beam elements for accurate stresses in sandwich laminates and laminated composites with delaminations
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 188472672
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.cma.2017.03.035
- Title of journal
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
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- First page
- 369
- Volume
- 320
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0045-7825
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2017
- 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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1
- Research group(s)
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A - Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation & Science ACCIS
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This is the first paper to show that stress concentrations around delaminations in composite laminates can be modelled accurately with advanced 1D finite elements. The work was a collaboration with Alexander Tessler at NASA and was funded by NASA’s Advanced Composites Project with the aim of developing computationally efficient damage models for NASA's new Space Launch System. With this new and computationally efficient model, damage initiation and growth can be included in early design optimisation studies. The results of this paper inspired two additional PhD projects funded by Rolls Royce and the H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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