MULTIPLE DELAMINATIONS PREDICTION ON ILTS SPECIMENS BY AN ABAQUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUPLED CRITERION OF FFM AND LEBIM [Keynote]

Inter-Laminar Tensile Strength (ILTS) test uses L-shaped composite coupons with laminas having different orientations. To model multiple delaminations that occur in ILTS specimens a quite general formulation of the Coupled Criterion of Finite Fracture Mechanics (CCFFM) with the Linear Elastic-perfectly Brittle Interface Model (LEBIM) is applied.
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