3D Gradual Material Degradation Model for Progressive Damage Analyses of Unidirectional Composite Materials

A new 3D constitutive model for progressive damage analyses of unidirectional composite materials is presented, in which several important damage phenomena for the composite materials, such as the interfiber crack orientation, coupling of fiber failure and interfiber failure under longitudinal loads...

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Main Authors: Libin Zhao, Tianliang Qin, Jianyu Zhang, Yuli Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/145629