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Mechanical Response of Composites

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Pedro P. Camanho

    1. DEMEGI, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

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  2. Carlos G. Dávila

    1. Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch, MS 188E NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, USA

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  3. Silvestre T. Pinho

    1. Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, UK

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  4. Joris J. C. Remmers

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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  • The use of advanced computational methods for the simulation of a broad range of physical processes in different types of advanced composite materials (unidirectional, woven and non-crimp fabrics, nanocomposites)
  • The physical processes addressed include the manufacturing processes, the elastic and inelastic material response at several scales, and the structural collapse

Part of the book series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (COMPUTMETHODS, volume 10)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Computational Methods for Debonding in Composites

    • René de Borst, Joris J. C. Remmers
    Pages 1-25

  3. Material and Failure Models for Textile Composites

    • Raimund Rolfes, Gerald Ernst, Matthias Vogler, Christian Hühne
    Pages 27-56

  4. Practical Challenges in Formulating Virtual Tests for Structural Composites

    • Brian N. Cox, S. Mark Spearing, Daniel R. Mumm
    Pages 57-75

  5. Analytical and Numerical Investigation of the Length of the Cohesive Zone in Delaminated Composite Materials

    • Albert Turon, Josep Costa, Pedro P. Camanho, Pere Maimí
    Pages 77-97

  6. Combining Elastic Brittle Damage with Plasticity to Model the Non-linear behavior of Fiber Reinforced Laminates

    • Clara Schuecker, Heinz E. Pettermann
    Pages 99-117

  7. Study of Delamination in Composites by Using the Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory and a Damage Formulation

    • Xavier Martínez, Sergio Oller, Ever Barbero
    Pages 119-140

  8. Interaction Between Intraply and Interply Failure in Laminates

    • F. P. van der Meer, L. J. Sluys
    Pages 141-160

  9. A Numerical Material Model for Predicting the High Velocity Impact Behaviour of Polymer Composites

    • Lucio Raimondo, Lorenzo Iannucci, Paul Robinson, Silvestre T. Pinho
    Pages 161-177

  10. Progressive Damage Modeling of Composite Materials Under Both Tensile and Compressive Loading Regimes

    • N. Zobeiry, A. Forghani, C. McGregor, R. Vaziri, A. Poursartip
    Pages 179-195

  11. Elastoplastic Modeling of Multi-phase Metal Matrix Composite with Void Growth Using the Transformation Field Analysis and Governing Parameter Method

    • Ernest T. Y. Ng, Afzal Suleman
    Pages 197-221

  12. Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials by Asymptotic Expansion Homogenisation

    • J. A. Oliveira, J. Pinho-da-Cruz, F. Teixeira-Dias
    Pages 223-242

  13. On Buckling Optimization of a Wind Turbine Blade

    • Erik Lund, Leon S. Johansen
    Pages 243-260

  14. Computation of Effective Stiffness Properties for Textile-Reinforced Composites Using X-FEM

    • M. Kästner, G. Haasemann, J. Brummund, V. Ulbricht
    Pages 261-279

  15. Development of Domain Superposition Technique for the Modelling of Woven Fabric Composites

    • Wen-Guang Jiang, Stephen R. Hallett, Michael R. Wisnom
    Pages 281-291

  16. Numerical Simulation of Fiber Orientation and Resulting Thermo-Elastic Behavior in Reinforced Thermo-Plastics

    • H. Miled, L. Silva, J. F. Agassant, T. Coupez
    Pages 293-313
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Themethodologyfordesigninghigh-performancecompositestructuresisstill evo- ing. The complexity of the response of composite materials and the dif?culties in predicting the composite material properties from the basic properties of the c- stituents result in the need for a well-planned and exhaustive test program. The recommended practice to mitigate the technological risks associated with advanced composite materials is to substantiate the performance and durability of the design in a sequence of steps known as the Building Block Approach. The Building Block Approach ensures that cost and performance objectives are met by testing greater numbers of smaller, less expensive specimens. In this way, technology risks are assessed early in the program. In addition, the knowledge acquired at a given level of structural complexity is built up before progressing to a level of increased complexity. Achieving substantiation of structural performance by testing alone can be p- hibitively expensive because of the number of specimens and components required to characterize all material systems, loading scenarios and boundary conditions. Building Block Approachprogramscan achieve signi?cant cost reductionsby se- ing a synergy between testing and analysis. The more the development relies on analysis, the less expensive it becomes. The use of advanced computational models for the prediction of the mechanical response of composite structures can replace some of the mechanical tests and can signi?cantly reduce the cost of designing with composites while providing to the engineers the information necessary to achieve an optimized design.

Authors and Affiliations

  • DEMEGI, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Pedro P. Camanho

  • Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch, MS 188E NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, USA

    Carlos G. Dávila

  • Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Silvestre T. Pinho

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Joris J. C. Remmers

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