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Intra-laminar Damage Evolution in a Composite Grid Structure Representative Volume Element under Compression Load

A. Riccio¹, F. Caputo¹, N. Tessitore²

1 The Second University of Naples - DIAM, Naples, Italy.
2 AVIO, Colleferro (Rome), Italy.

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring 2013, 9(1), 43-66. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2013.009.043

Abstract

In this paper the mechanical behavior of composites grid structures has been numerically investigated. The evolution of fibers and matrix cracking has been simulated by adopting a progressive damage approach. The Hashin failure criteria and ply properties degradation rules have been adopted to simulate the degradation at ply level. Non-linear analyses on a Representative Volume Element of the composite grid structure have been performed to account for its compression behavior.

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