Compressive failure of unidirectional composites: efficient computational micromechanics and experimental validation KU Leuven
Compressive failure in the fibre direction is a crucial failure mode to consider in the design of fibre-reinforced composite structures. Unfortunately, the lack of reliable models for this failure mode often leads to overdesigned and inefficient components. While the literature has a global idea of the governing parameters, we currently do not know which combination of microstructural features triggers compressive failure. I will therefore ...