Numerical and experimental procedure for material calibration using the serial/parallel mixing theory, to analyze different composite failure modes

Joel Jurado Granados, Xavier Martinez, Niamh Nash, Carlos Bachour, Ioannis Manolakis, Anthony Comer, Daniel Di Capua

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Abstract

This work proposes a calibration procedure to obtain the material parameters required by the Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory for the analysis of composites. A set of experimental tests are defined to obtain the main composite failure modes. Then, it is proposed to calculate the parameters required by the formulation using the experimental results. The procedure proposed is validated by comparing the numerical results, with those obtained from the experimental campaign. This comparison shows that the Serial/Parallel mixing theory is capable of representing the failure modes of the composite for different loading scenarios as well as the material toughness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1415-1433
Number of pages19
JournalMechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Volume28
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Composites
  • calibration procedure
  • composite failure
  • composite toughness
  • experimental characterization
  • nonlinear performance
  • serial/parallel mixing theory

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