Abstract: A continuum model with microstructure is constructed for laminated beams. In deriving equations, each constituent layer is considered as a Timoshenko beam. With a certain kinematical assumption ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional theory for laminated plates is deduced from the three-dimensional continuum theory for a laminated medium. Plate-stress equations of motion, plate-stress-strain relations, boundary ...

Abstract: Plate equations for the incremental deformation in composite plates with orthotropic constituent layers are derived according to Trefftz’s formulation for elastic bodies under initial stress. The ...

Abstract: In this paper, an experimental investigation on interlaminar fracture behavior and fracture toughness of a graphite/epoxy multidirectional composite laminate is presented using end-notched flexure ...

Abstract: The central impact of a mass on a simply supported laminated composite plate under initial stress is investigated. The contact force and the dynamic response of the plate are obtained by ...

Abstract: By adopting the local virial stress, the authors overcome the barrier of ambiguous crack-tip stress field in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and perform direct calculations of fracture toughness. Both MD and corresponding ...

Abstract: It is well known that, for homogeneous materials, the path-independent J contour integral is the (potential) energy release rate. For general nonhomogeneous, or graded materials, such a contour ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to extend the framework of the continuum theory so that it can capture the properties that are embedded in the microstructure or nanostructure and still keep ...