Journal
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 11, Pages 1410-1418Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.05.014
Keywords
Laminate; Delamination; Transverse cracking; Multiscale modeling; DEM
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- ORSAS scholarship
- University of Leeds
- NSFC of China [50875224]
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A representative element of the cross-ply laminate was modeled by the discrete element method (DEM) to analyze the stresses distribution. The DEM modeling results were compared with those from alternative approaches to validate the DEM model. The transverse cracking and interfacial delamination in [0 degrees(1)/90 degrees(3)](s) and [90 degrees(n)/0 degrees(1)](s) cross-ply laminates under transverse loading were analyzed by comparing crack densities as well as stiffness reduction with those from experiments and other numerical methods. It was found that the proposed DEM model can simultaneously capture the transverse cracking and delamination phenomenon, and can predict the variation of crack density and stiffness reduction accurately. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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