Finite element investigations on the microstructure of composite materials

This thesis describes the investigation and development of damage modelling for composites materials at their micro-scale (e.g. fibre, matrix). A damage model for elastic materials, based on a "local" damage approach, has been introduced to predict failure onset and simulate the post-failu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maligno, Angelo Rosario
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10476/