Abstract: A study of the mechanics and failure modes of delamination initiated from a surface flaw in angle-ply fiber-reinforced composites is presented. The analysis employs a hybrid-stress finite-element ...

Abstract: A study of boundary-layer stress singularities in multilayered fiber-reinforced composite laminates is presented. Based on Lekhnitskii’s stress potentials and the theory of anisotropic elasticity, ...

Abstract: Boundary-layer effects in composite laminates are considered. Based on the theory of anisotropic elasticity and Lekhnitskii’s complex-variable stress function formulation, the exact laminate elasticity ...

Abstract: The fundamental nature of an interface crack between dissimilar, strongly anisotropic composite materials under general loading is studied. Based on Lekhnitskii’s stress potentials and anisotropic ...

Abstract: A study of an interlaminar crack between dissimilar, anisotropic composites under mixed-mode loading is presented. Based on the theoretical development in [1], the problem is modeled by using a ...

Abstract: This paper presents an investigation of interlaminar crack growth behavior in fiber-reinforced composites subjected to fatigue loading. In the experimental phase of the study, interlaminar crack ...

Abstract: A study of process-induced stresses in advanced fiber-reinforced composite laminates is presented. An analysis of the residual thermal stresses is conducted on the basis of laminate thermoelasticity ...

Abstract: A hybrid finite element method is presented for studying composite laminate elasticity problems with singularities. The basic equations of laminate anisotropic elasticity and stress singularities ...

Abstract: A simple and convenient method of analysis for studying two-dimensional mixed-mode crack problems is presented. The analysis is formulated on the basis of conservation laws of elasticity and of ...

Abstract: A study of biaxial fatigue of glass fiber-reinforced composites subjected to in-phase, cyclic tensile and torsional loading at cryogenic temperatures is presented. Fatigue failure of the composite ...