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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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My group conducts research on damage, fatigue and failure of composites, effects of manufacturing defects, aging aircraft, and sustainability of aerospace vehicles.

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Prediction Of Elastic Properties Degradation

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Technical University of Denmark - (Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Denmark)

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Damage initiation under transverse loading of unidirectional composites with arbitrarily distributed fibers

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An Inadequacy in a Common Micromechanics Approach to Analysis of Damage Evolution in Composites

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Fatigue damage evolution in woven fabric composites

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A Study of the Opening Displacement of Transverse Cracks in Cross-Ply Laminates

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Multiscale modeling of crack formation in composite laminates with manufacturing defects

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2 A mechanisms-based framework for describing failure in composite materials

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Transverse crack formation in unidirectional composites by linking of fibre/matrix debond cracks

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Stiffness Changes in Laminates Caused by Intralaminar Cracks and Shear Deformation

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Matrix Crack Formation and Growth in the Presence of Nonuniform Fiber Distribution and Matrix Voids

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Damage mechanisms and fatigue-life diagrams

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Assessment of adhesively bonded joints subjected to surface damage by paint removal

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A Computational Framework for Analyzing the Dynamic Behavior and Failure of Amorphous Polymers

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Analysis of Failure in Composite Structures

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Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials Based on Thermodynamics With Internal Variables

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Manufacturing defects in composites and their effects on performance

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Damage Mechanics of Composite Laminates with Transverse Matrix Cracks in Multiple Orientations

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Damage in Ceramic Matrix Composites With Arbitrary Microstructures

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1 A conceptual framework forstudies of durability incomposite materials

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10 Modelling defect severity for failure analysis of composites

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Assessing the effects of ply constraints on local stress states in cross-ply laminates containing manufacturing induced defects

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17 Incorporating manufacturing defects in damage and failure analysis

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Damage evolution under cyclic multiaxial stress state: A comparative analysis between glass/epoxy laminates and tubes (Reprinted from Composites Part B, vol 61, pg 282-290, 2014)

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Multiscale Modeling of Failure in Composite Materials

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A synergistic damage mechanics approach to mechanical response of composite laminates with ply cracks

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Multiscale embedded models to determine effective mechanical properties of composite materials: Asymptotic Homogenization Method combined to Finite Element Method

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Fatigue damage and fatigue life diagrams of a carbon/epoxy cross ply laminate aged by hygrothermal exposure

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EFFECTS OF NONUNIFORMITY OF FIBER DISTRIBUTION ON THERMALLY-INDUCED RESIDUAL-STRESSES AND CRACKING IN CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES

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STIFFNESS PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES WITH MATRIX CRACKING AND INTERIOR DELAMINATION

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Defect damage mechanics: broader strategy for performance evaluation of composites

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14 A multiscale approach to modeling of composite damage

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Damage Mechanics and Fatigue Life Assessment of Composite Materials

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Effects of damage distribution on evolution

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A CONCEPTUAL-FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPRETATION OF MMC-FATIGUE

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CONSTRAINED TRANSVERSE CRACKING IN COMPOSITE LAMINATES

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F Failure of Composites: Stress Concentrations, Cracks and Notches

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Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials and Structures

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On Representation of Damage Evolution in Continuum Damage Mechanics

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Variational solutions to stresses in cracked cross-ply laminates under bending

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Integration of Macro- and MicroDamage Mechanics for the Performance Evaluation of Composite Materials (vol 48, pg 145, 2012)

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A conceptual framework forstudies of durability incomposite materials

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Numerical simulation of matrix micro-cracking in short fiber reinforced polymer composites: Initiation and propagation

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A Damage Mechanics Based Approach to Durability Assessment of Composite Materials

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Analysis of Damage in a Ceramic Matrix Composite

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Damage classification based on stiffness reduction in cross-ply laminates with convolution neural networks

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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DAMAGE MODELS FOR FATIGUE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS.

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ON DESIGN CRITERIA FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES UNDER STATIC AND FATIGUE LOADS.

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A representative volume element based on translational symmetries for FE analysis of cracked laminates with two arrays of cracks

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THE EFFECT OF FIBER CLUSTERS AND VOIDS ON THE COALESCENCE OF DEBONDS IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES

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Prediction of Impact-Induced Damage Accumulation in a Composite Using a Macromolecular Polymer Model

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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A hybrid approach to composite failure combining Synergistic damage mechanics and peridynamics

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Fatigue Property Characterization of T650-35/AMB21 Laminates Under Room and Elevated Temperature

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Further developments in continuum damage modelling of composites aided by micromechanics

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A mechanisms-based reliability model for fatigue of composite laminates

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Statistical analysis of oblique crack evolution in composite laminates

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Evolution of ply cracks in multidirectional composite laminates

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Damage mechanics analysis of interlaminar cracking in composites

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A mechanistic model for fatigue damage evolution in composite laminates

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Simulation of manufacturing induced fiber clustering and matrix voids and their effect on transverse crack formation in unidirectional composites (vol 127, 105620, 2019)

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A synergistic damage mechanics approach to durability of composite material systems

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Matrix and fibermatrix interface cracking in composite materials

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Effect of cooldown induced fiber/matrix interfacial

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A statistical approach to evaluate the effect of manufacturing quality on transverse cracking in cross ply laminates

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Constrained Transverse Cracking in Composite Laminates

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Limit State Design of Composite Structures Based on Characteristic States in Damage Evolution

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Application of Acousto-Ultrasonics to Quality Control and Damage Assessment of Composites

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QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE GROWTH IN GRAPHITE EPOXY LAMINATES BY ACOUSTO-ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS.

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Effects of inter-fiber spacing on fiber-matrix debond crack growth in unidirectional composites under transverse loading

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A CONTINUUM-MECHANICS CHARACTERIZATION OF DAMAGE IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS

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Effects of voids on postbuckling delamination growth in unidirectional composites

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Post-impact fatigue behavior of an IM7/PETI-5 cross-ply laminate

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Technology and Society Division (Publication) TS: Introduction

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Damage analysis for structural integrity and durability of composite materials

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A synergistic damage-mechanics analysis of transverse cracking in [+/-theta/90(4)](s) laminates

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Review of mechanics of composite materials

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A mechanisms-based framework for describing failure in composite materials

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Gradient concepts for evolution of damage

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A multiscale approach to modeling of composite damage

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CYCLE-DEPENDENT CREEP UNDER RANDOM LOADING

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On Failure Theories for Composite Materials

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Cohesive Finite Element Based Modeling of Damage in Composite Materials

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Assessment of damage tolerance approaches for composite aircraft with focus on barely visible impact damage

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A multiscale modeling methodology for damage progression in polymer-based composites

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Crack Opening Displacement and the Associated Response of Laminates with Varying Constraints

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Crack Deflection Near a Ply Interface in a Composite Laminate

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FATIGUE OF COMPOSITE-MATERIALS - DAMAGE MECHANISMS AND FATIGUE-LIFE DIAGRAMS

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Concepts and definitions related to mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced composite materials

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A study of transverse crack formation in fiber-reinforced composites by growth of fiber-matrix debonds

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A numerical study of failure of an adhesive joint influenced by a void in the adhesive

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On the Role of Damage Mechanics in Life Prediction of Composite Structures

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2.14 Fatigue of Polymer Matrix Composites

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Experimental and numerical studies of initial cracking in CFRP cross-ply laminates

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A micromechanics based model for predicting fatigue life of composite laminates

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Micromechanical assessment of local failure mechanisms and early-stage ply crack formation in cross-ply laminates

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Mode I Strain Energy Release Rate in composite laminates in the presence of voids

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Continuum Modeling of the Development of Intralaminar Cracking in Composite Laminates

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Reading, Writing   Energy: An Nsf Ccli Project To Enhance A Freshman Core Curriculum Natural Science Course

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Effect of manufacturing induced fiber break on local tensile failure in composites

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Linear viscoelastic behavior of matrix cracked cross-ply laminates

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Effect of Cooldown Induced Fiber/Matrix Interfacial Disbond on Transverse Failure in Composites

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Micromechanical considerations in continuum damage mechanics for composites

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Some Aspects of Continuum Damage Mechanics Applied to Polymer and Ceramic Matrix Composites

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Continuum damage mechanics: A modeling approach for comprehensive assessment of subcritical damage in composites

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Fabrication and failure of composite conical adapter

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Computational Methodology for Modeling Fracture in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Modeling damage, fatigue and failure of composite materials

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EFFECT OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON INITIATION OF DELAMINATION IN CROSS PLY LAMINATES FROM A TRANSVERSE CRACK

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Effects of void geometry on elastic properties of unidirectional fiber reinforced composites

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Damage mechanics for fatigue life prediction of composite materials

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Damage evolution under cyclic multiaxial stress state: A comparative analysis between glass/epoxy laminates and tubes

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4 Manufacturing defects in composites and their effects on performance

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Micromechanics-based modeling of damage evolution in viscoelastic composites

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Mixed micromechanics and continuum damage mechanics approach to transverse cracking in [S,90n]s laminates

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A criterion for crack initiation in glassy polymers subjected to a composite-like stress state

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Modeling of wrinkling in sandwich panels under compression

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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TRANSVERSE CRACKING AND STIFFNESS REDUCTION IN CROSS PLY LAMINATES OF DIFFERENT MATRIX TOUGHNESS

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ANALYSIS OF FORMATION OF THE CRITICAL STATE IN TENSILE FAILURE OF UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES

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Compressive strength assessment of fibre composites based on a defect severity model

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Multi-scale modeling in damage mechanics of composite materials

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Damage related material constants in continuum damage mechanics for unidirectional composites with matrix cracks

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Analysis of multiple off-axis ply cracks in composite laminates

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Damage initiation in unidirectional fiber composites with different degrees of nonuniform fiber distribution

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An analysis of impact-induced deformation and fracture modes in amorphous glassy polymers

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Fatigue of ceramic matrix composites: Damage mechanisms and fatigue life diagrams

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Damage Initiation in Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites Under Shear Loading

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Buckling of a Thin Face Layer on Winkler Foundation with Debonds

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Mixed micromechanics and continuum damage mechanics approach to transverse cracking in [S,90(n)](s) laminates

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7 Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites under multiaxial loading

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RESIDUAL STIFFNESS PROPERTIES OF CRACKED COMPOSITE LAMINATES

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Assessment of the fundamentals of failure theories for composite materials

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Tensile failure of unidirectional composites from a local fracture plane

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Effects of micro voids on the early stage of transverse crack formation in unidirectional composites

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A CONTINUUM APPROACH TO DETERMINATION OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF SHORT-FIBER COMPOSITES

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Durability assessment of composite structures

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Damage in composite laminates with off-axis plies

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A computational framework for analyzing the dynamic response of glassy polymers

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Durability of Polymer Films for Erosion Protection of Helicopter Rotor Blades Impacted by Sand Particles

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Damage and Failure of Composite Materials

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5 Matrix and fibermatrix interface cracking in composite materials

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Failure of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites: A Case Study in Strength of Materials

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15 Multiscale failure assessment of composite laminates

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On fatigue life under stationary Gaussian random loads

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Prediction of matrix-initiated transverse failure in polymer composites

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Fatigue damage evolution in woven fabric composites

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Development of an ABAQUS plug-in to evaluate the fourth-order elasticity tensor of a periodic material via homogenization by the asymptotic expansion method

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Towards a Novel Defect Severity Model for Compressive Failure Analysis of Unidirectional Composites

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Studies on the failure analysis of composite materials with manufacturing defects

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Further development of a synergistic damage mechanics approach for composite materials

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STIFFNESS CHANGES IN AN ORTHOTROPIC LAMINA UNDER FATIGUE.

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF FATIGUE DAMAGE MECHANISMS IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS.

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STIFFNESS BASED FATIGUE DAMAGE CHARACTERISATION OF FIBROUS COMPOSITES

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Damage and Failure of Composite Materials

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Statistical methodology for assessing manufacturing quality related to transverse cracking in cross ply laminates

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On multi-scale approaches to composites and heterogeneous solids with damage

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On quantifying damage severity in composite materials by an ultrasonic method

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CONTINUUM MODELING OF DAMAGE IN CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

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Formation of transverse cracks in cross ply laminates in an environment of nonuniformly distributed fibers

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Modeling of compressive failure in fiber reinforced composites

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Effects of manufacturing-induced voids on local failure in polymer-based composites

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PROBABILITY OF FATIGUE FAILURE BASED ON RESIDUAL STRENGTH

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A synergistic damage mechanics approach to viscoelastic response of cracked cross-ply laminates

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Life prediction of composite structures by damage mechanics

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Stress and Failure Analysis of Trailing Edge Joints in Wind Turbine Blades Containing Manufacturing Defects

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Physical modelling of failure in composites.

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Modeling of Response of Composite Materials with Damage

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Failure in Unidirectional Composites with Nonuniform Fiber Distribution Under Combined Transverse Tension and Axial Shear

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Fatigue behaviour and life assessment of composite laminates under multiaxial loadings

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DEVELOPMENT OF DEFORMATION TEXTURES IN POLYCRYSTALLINE COPPER EXPERIMENTS AND MODEL PREDICTIONS

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Using spatial descriptors to identify damage initiation in NicalonTM/MAS-5

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Damage and fatigue in composites - A personal account

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Integration of Macro- and MicroDamage Mechanics for the Performance Evaluation of Composite Materials

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Multiscale failure assessment of composite laminates

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A synergistic damage mechanics approach for composite laminates with matrix cracks in multiple orientations

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RESIDUAL-STRESSES IN CERAMIC FIBER COMPOSITES - EFFECT OF NONUNIFORM FIBER DISTRIBUTION

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Effects of fiber and interphase on matrix-initiated transverse failure in polymer composites

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Multiscale Modeling of Damage in Composite Materials

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Fatigue of ceramic matrix composites: Damage mechanisms and fatigue life diagrams

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Analysis of Lamb wave propagation in cross-ply laminates modeled with homogenized properties of transverse cracked plies

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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10 Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites under multiaxial loading

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MODELING OF DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT IN COMPOSITES USING INTERNAL VARIABLES CONCEPTS.

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Discussion on Wang, J.F., Huang, D.S, and Zhang, W., Statistical analysis of composites reinforced with randomly distributed fibers using a meshless method, Acta Mech, 230, 23092324 (2019)

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Cavitation in epoxies under composite-like stress states

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Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites under multiaxial loading

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Sustainability Assessment of a Wind Turbine Blade: An Engineering Framework

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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Simulation of manufacturing induced fiber clustering and matrix voids and their effect on transverse crack formation in unidirectional composites

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Incorporating manufacturing defects in damage and failure analysis

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The Combined Effect of Fiber Distribution Irregularities and Matrix Voids on Failure Initiation in Polymer Matrix Composites

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TRANSVERSE CRACKING AND STIFFNESS REDUCTION IN COMPOSITE LAMINATES

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5 Manufacturing defects incomposites and their effectsonperformance

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Characterization of viscoelasticity and damage in high temperature polymer matrix composites

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Transverse crack formation in unidirectional plies predicted by means of a percolation concept

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STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF A Cr-Mo-V STEEL UNDER VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADS.

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Variational analysis of cracked general cross-ply laminates under bending and biaxial extension

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DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT IN COMPOSITES - MECHANISMS AND MODELING

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MICROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF DAMAGE MECHANISMS IN CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES DURING MECHANICAL AND THERMAL CYCLING

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Effect of axial shear and transverse tension on early failure events in unidirectional polymer matrix composites

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FATIGUE LIFE UNDER STATIONARY GAUSSIAN RANDOM LOADS

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Damage and Failure of Composite Materials Preface

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Thermomechanical fatigue of ceramic matrix composites. Analysis of mechanisms at a microscale

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A continuum damage model for linear viscoelastic composite materials

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ACOUSTO-ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS TO MONITOR DAMAGE DURING FATIGUE OF COMPOSITES.

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Fatigue of fiber reinforced composites under multiaxial loading

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Software for Severity Quantification of Barely Visible Impact Damage in Composite Laminates

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United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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A Hybrid Approach to Composite Damage and Failure Analysis Combining Synergistic Damage Mechanics and Peridynamics

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United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Aerospace Engineering; 3141 TAMU

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Banerjee, Sourav (2010-12). Modeling and Simulation of Solid Particle Erosion of Protective Films. Master's Thesis.

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Sengab, Ahmed M (2015-05). Effect of Voids on the Crack Kinking in Single Lap Joints. Master's Thesis.

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Singh, Chandra Veer (2008-12). Multiscale modeling of damage in multidirectional composite laminates. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Chen, Chang (2013-05). Stress and Fracture Analysis of a Class of Bonded Joints in Wind Turbine Blades. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Zhuang, Linqi (2012-12). Effects of Voids on Delamination Growth in Composite Laminates under Compression. Master's Thesis.

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Yang, Yi (2013-12). Wrinkling of Stiff Films on Stretched Compliant Films: Experimental and Theoretical Studies. Master's Thesis.

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Huang, Yongxin (2012-05). Stochastic Damage Evolution under Static and Fatigue Loading in Composites with Manufacturing Defects. Doctoral Dissertation.

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De Castro, Anthony (2010-12). Contribution to the Study of Fracture in Amorphous Polymers: Experiments and Modeling. Master's Thesis.

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Sigamani, Nirmal (2010-05). Characterization of Polyurethane at Multiple Scales for Erosion Mechanisms Under Sand Particle Impact. Master's Thesis.

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Chowdhury, Khairul Alam (2003-05). Damage initiation, progression and failure of  polymer matrix composites due to manufacturing induced defects. Doctoral Dissertation.