Vadim V. Silberschmidt

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the specimen size and shape factor, as well as the cyclic tensile loading conditions employed to investigate the deformational behavior and performance of the nonwoven at different loading stages, were compared with results of microscopic image analysis and FE models.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model of a plain-weave E-glass fabric/epoxy laminate composite plate exposed to ballistic impact using a finite-element (FE) code Abaqus/Explicit was developed, where a fabric-reinforced ply was modeled as a homogeneous orthotropic elastic material with potential to sustain progressive stiffness degradation due to fiber/matrix cracking, and plastic deformation under shear loading.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered the critical material properties of adhesive in all directions, such as stiffness, strength and crack energy, play crucial role in controlling the behavior of modes of failure.

TL;DR: In this article, discontinuous finite element (FE) models with direct incorporation of microstructural features were developed using a parametric approach for specimens with various dimensions and different types of notches.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical model of the cutting process is proposed based on non-equidistant shear-zone and toolchip sliding-sticking zone theories, which can not only predict the dominant parameters of VAC, but also the secondary ones (e.g., cutting force, friction coefficient), and other process parameters in a vibration cycle.