Book of Abstracts

R. Joffe, L. Pupure, J. Varna, L. Wallström (Editors)

VARIATIONAL MODEL FOR PLY CRACKING IN MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS IN GENERAL SYMMETRIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES WITH FULL HOMOGENIZATION OF DAMAGED INPLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE PLY PROPERTIES (ID 151)

M. Hajikazemi1, I. Miskdjian1, D. Garoz1 and W. Van Paepegem1

1Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 46, Ghent, Belgium

Keywords: Ply cracking, Homogenization, Variational approach, Finite elements, Digital Image Correlation

X-RAY CT IMAGING AND MODELING OF FLEXURE-INDUCED DAMAGE IN TAPE-LAMINATES (ID 141)

Brian Wingate1, David H. Mollenhauer2 and Michael Czabaj1

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
2Air Force Research Laboratory, RX Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA

Keywords: X-ray Computed Tomography, In-Situ Testing, Transverse Fracture, Delamination, Progressive Damage Modeling