F. Naya

TL;DR: In this article, high-fidelity simulations of the material behavior at the micro level are used to predict ply properties and ascertain the effect of ply constituents and microstructure on the homogenized ply behavior.

TL;DR: In this paper, a finite element analysis of a long representative volume element of the laminate was performed to study the influence of ply thickness on the critical stress for the cracking of the transverse plies and on the evolution of crack density in 0 2 / 90 n/2 s laminates, with n = 1, 2, 4 and 8.

TL;DR: In this article, an alternative coupled experimental-computational micromechanics approach is proposed to determine the longitudinal compression properties of unidirectional fiber reinforced polymers under different environmental conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, composites with various fiber/matrix and interlaminar interfacial properties were fabricated using an autoclave under curing pressures ranging from 0 to 0.8 MPa.

TL;DR: A bottom-up multiscale virtual testing strategy is presented to take into account the physical mechanisms of deformation at different length scales on the behaviour of the composite.