Analysis of the integration of cohesive elements in regard to utilization of coarse mesh in laminated composite materials

DOI10.1002/nme.4688zbMath1352.74016OpenAlexW2121335316MaRDI QIDQ2952537

Esben Lindgaard, B. L. V. Bak, Erik Lund

Publication date: 30 December 2016

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4688

zbMATH Keywords

numerical integrationcomputational efficiencydelaminationlaminated composite structurescohesive elementscrack propagation simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Random materials and composite materials (74A40)

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Uses Software

• Maple
• ABAQUS

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