ID 1647

 

Application of Decohesion Model in Predicting Progressive Delamination

of Composite Stiffened Panel and Repaired Sandwich Panel

 

 

Jiye Chen^a, A. J. Kinloch^b and F. L. Matthews^b

^a Engineering Material Group, School of Engineering Science, University of Southampton,

Southampton SO15 1JB, UK

^b Centre for Composite Materials, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,

London SW7, 2BX, UK

 

Keywords: interfacial decohesion models, interface finite element,

crack and delamination growth, composite materials and repairs, mixed damage scale