Orifici, Adrian C. and Thomson, Rodney S. and Degenhardt, Richard and Bisagni, Chiara and Bayandor, Javid (2006) Development of a Degradation Model for the Collapse Analysis of Composite Aerospace Structures. III European Conference on Computational Mechanics, 2006-06-04 - 2006-06-08, Lissabon, Portugal.
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Abstract
For stiffened structures in compression the most critical damage mechanism leading to structural collapse is delamination or adhesive disbonding between the skin and stiffener. This paper presents the development of a numerical approach capable of simulating interlaminar crack growth in composite structures as a representation of this damage mecha-nism. A degradation methodology was proposed using shell layers connected at the nodes by user-defined multiple point constraints (MPCs), and then controlling the properties of these MPCs to simulate the initiation and propagation of delamination and disbonding. A fracture mechanics approach based on the Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT) is used to detect growth at the delamination front. Numerical predictions using the degradation methodology were compared to experimental results for double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens to dem-onstrate the effectiveness of the current approach. Future development will focus on address-ing the apparent conservatism of the VCCT approach, and extending the application of the method to other specimen types and stiffened structures representative of composite fuselage designs. This work is part of the European Commission Project COCOMAT (Improved MA-Terial Exploitation at Safe Design of COmposite Airframe Structures by Accurate Simulation of COllapse), an ongoing four-year project that aims to exploit the large strength reserves of composite aerospace structures through more accurate prediction of collapse.
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Development of a Degradation Model for the Collapse Analysis of Composite Aerospace Structures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Composite, skin-stiffener separation, VCCT element, DCB, COCOMAT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | III European Conference on Computational Mechanics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Lissabon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Dates: | 2006-06-04 - 2006-06-08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organizer: | Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Aircraft Research (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AR - Aircraft Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Structures & Materials (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Braunschweig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems > Structural Mechanics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Ries, Doris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 12 Nov 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:19 |
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