@incollection{eprints1950,
            note = {Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Hannover, Germany, November 5?8, 2006},
       publisher = {Springer},
          author = {Alberto Carpinteri and Marco Paggi and Giorgio Zavarise},
       booktitle = {IUTAM Symposium on Computational Methods in Contact Mechanics},
          volume = {3},
           pages = {147--156},
          series = {IUTAM Bookseries},
           title = {A Coupled Contact and Decohesion Analysis of Laminated Beams},
            year = {2007},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1950/},
        abstract = {The problem of interface decohesion in laminated beams is addressed with reference to the double cantilever beam (DCB) geometry. The paper deals with the analysis of the influence of non-uniform bonding properties or interfacial defects on the crack propagation process and its stability. In spite of the relative simplicity of the considered case study, which is under pure Mode I deformation, a contact problem takes place due to the decohesion. The occurrence of contact makes the problem highly non-linear, since the extension of the contact area is a priori unknown. The finite element method with a generalized interface constitutive law is used to enforce the contact constraint along the interface and to model the progress of the delamination process.}
}