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Global Prediction of Discrete Local Damage Interactions Using Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy
(Proceedings of the American Society for Composites—Thirty-third Technical Conference, 2018)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: With the increasing demand for composites in many modern applications, it is important to predict the initiation of failure events. Due to the heterogeneous nature ...
Discrete Damage Modeling of Matrix Dominated Failure Including Random Spatial Variation of Strength
(2018)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Discrete Damage Modeling (DDM) was applied to strength prediction of three
types of composite tape specimens exhibiting rather brittle behavior. These were
transverse ...
An ABAQUS Implementation of Regularized Extended Finite Element Method (Rx-FEM) for Modeling the Interaction between Matrix cracking and delamination in Composites
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2019-09)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Regularized Extended Finite Element Method (Rx-FEM) is a discrete damage modeling (DDM) method, which represents an approach to progressive failure analysis (PFA) ...
Discrete Damage Modelling of Clamped Tapered Beam Specimen Under Fatigue Loading
(2018)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Clamped Tapered Beam (CTB) sub-element, proposed by Advanced Composite
Project Team at the NASA Langley Research Center was studied under monotonic
fatigue loading. ...
Composite Buckling Analysis Using Discrete Damage Modeling
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2019-01)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: A Total-Lagrange formulation for geometric nonlinearity was implemented within the Rx-FEM framework. Rx-FEM is a discrete damage modeling method for progressive ...
Delamination Initiation and Migration Modeling in Clamped Tapered Laminated Beam Specimens Under Static Loading
(University of Texas at Arlington Libaries, 2019-03)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The Clamped Tapered Beam Specimen (CTBS) designed to study the initiation of matrix cracking and delamination
and their propagation including delamination migration ...
Modeling Complex Sub-elements by using Discrete Damage Modeling
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2019-09)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Discrete Damage Modeling is applied to complex sub-elements loaded in static and fatigue. Layered 8-node brick elements called LC3D8 elements were implemented for ...
An Analytical Analysis of Fiber Waviness for Laminated Curved Beam Under Bending
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2019-09)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: A closed-form analytical solution is developed for analyzing laminated composite curved beam with fiber waviness. Explicit expressions for evaluating equivalent ...
Discrete Damage Modelling of Delamination Migration in Clamped Tapered Laminated Beam Specimens
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2017-10)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Laminated composite materials are used in stiffness critical applications and contain various stress concentration features such as holes, tapers and stiffener ...
Fatigue Damage Modeling in Laminated Composites by using Rx-FEM and Strength Tracking Method
(Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Composites – 36th Technical Conference on Composite Materials, Sep 2021, College Station, TX, 2021-09)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The durability and residual load carrying capacity of composite materials and structures is of critical importance for increasing their application across the ...