Continuum damage analysis of delamination in composite laminates using a stress-based layerwise plate model

BOUTEILLER ; BLEYER ; SAB

Type de document
ARTICLE A COMITE DE LECTURE REPERTORIE DANS BDI (ACL)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
BOUTEILLER ; BLEYER ; SAB
Résumé / Abstract
This contribution addresses the modelling of delamination in a stress-based layerwise plate model. Such models benefit from a good representation of the local 3D stress field, especially inter-laminar stresses which are natural generalized stress unknowns arising in their derivation. We extend their construction to situations involving onset and propagation of interfacial delamination. We propose a variational formulation relying on a continuous damage description of the opening and sliding interfacial degradation processes using two damage variables. A mixed-mode delamination propagation criterion can be obtained through proper coupling between both variables. Finally, the model predictions are validated against classical delamination tests in pure and mixed modes.
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