In this work, an analysis on the influence of fibre-orientation in progression delamination was carried out. The study focused a cracked beam according to End Notch Flexure test configuration. Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory used as composite constitutive law along with continuum damage model simulate delamination. This mathematical approach implemented custom-made FEM code and applied progressio...

Following previous work of [Dong, El-Gizawy, Juhany, Atluri (2014)], a simple locking-alleviated 3D 8-node mixed-collocation C0 finite element (denoted as CEH8) is developed in this study, for the modeling of functionally-graded or laminated thick-section composite plates and shells, without using higher-order or layer-wise zig-zag plate and shell theories which are widely popularized in the cu...

In a bicycle–vehicle or motorcycle–vehicle accident, the head of an adult rider with helmet is very likely to impact windshield laminated glass. Such complex phenomenon normally involves injury, failure, and damage. The main purpose this work present computational framework for modeling interaction between helmeted headform glazing. To achieve this, finite element model established, where crush...

We describe in this work the numerical treatment of the Filament-Based LamellipodiumModel (FBLM). This model is a two-phase two-dimensional continuum model, describing the dynamics of two interacting families of locally parallel F-actin filaments. It includes, among others, the bending stiffness of the filaments, adhesion to the substrate, and the cross-links connecting the two families. The nu...

A numerical procedure for the design of impact damage resistant composite laminated structures is proposed in the present paper. This procedure, based on probabilistic analyses, is able to support the design of complex composite laminated structures by accounting for the scatter in composite materials’ mechanical properties (related to the mutable environmental conditions experienced by an airc...

This paper presents a methodology for the multi-objective (MO) shape optimization of plate structure under stress criteria, based on a mixed Finite Element Model (FEM) enhanced with a sub-structuring method. The optimization is performed with a classical Genetic Algorithm (GA) method based on Pareto-optimal solutions and considers thickness distributions parameters and antagonist objectives amo...

A comparative study on finite elements for capturing strong discontinuities by means of elemental (E-FEM) or nodal enrichments (XFEM) is presented. Based on the same constitutive model (continuum damage) and linear elements (triangles and tetrahedra) optimized implementations of both types of enrichments in the same non-linear code are tested for a representative set of 2D and 3D crack propagat...