Abstract: A previously developed constitutive model has been modified in order to incorporate the rate dependence of elastic modulus of the polymer matrix constituent into the nonlinear, strain-rate-dependent deformation analysis ...

Abstract: A simplified methodology has been developed for modeling two-dimensional triaxially braided composite plates impacted by a soft projectile using an explicit nonlinear finite-element analysis code LS-DYNA. The fiber preform ...

Abstract: In this paper we present a methodology and a rigorous solution formulation for multiple crack problems in nonhomogeneous plates using the dislocation complex potential technique. The fundamental perturbation problem is ...