An engineering solution for mesh size effects in the simulation of delamination using cohesive zone models
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..., as a 0 0 elastic behaviour up to tn (tension) or ts (shear) and subsequent stiffness reduction, related to the progressive material degradation up to final failure [37,38]....
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...The most common approaches that have been proposed to simulate delamination are the Virtual Crack-Closure Technique (VCCT), either by post-processing finite element results [3] or by using special-purpose VCCT elements [4], and cohesive finite elements [5–11]....
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...Numerical representation of the CZM Cohesive finite elements capture the initiation and propagation of delamination [5–16] using the concept of CZM....
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...4 10 / p k E t N mm α = = × was chosen according to [30], where α is a coefficient set at 50, 22 E is the transverse Young’s modulus of the composite and p t is the thickness of an adjacent double-ply (0....
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...[30] proposed the use of a lower interface strength with a coarser mesh size, which can still accurately capture the softening behaviour ahead of the crack tip....
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...To represent the distribution of tractions ahead of the crack tip accurately, at least three elements in the cohesive zone are required [30]....
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