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A Coupled Contact and Decohesion Analysis of Laminated Beams

Carpinteri, Alberto and Paggi, Marco and Zavarise, Giorgio A Coupled Contact and Decohesion Analysis of Laminated Beams. In: IUTAM Symposium on Computational Methods in Contact Mechanics. IUTAM Bookseries, 3 . Springer, pp. 147-156. ISBN 978-1-4020-6405-0 (2007)

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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.

Item Type: Book Section
Identification Number: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6405-0_9
Additional Information: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Hannover, Germany, November 5–8, 2006
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Research Area: Computer Science and Applications
Depositing User: Prof Marco Paggi
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2013 13:46
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2014 09:20
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/1950

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