Modelling Damage of Composite Laminates with Different Stacking Sequences

This paper considers damage development mechanisms in composite laminates subjected to tensile loading. The continuum damage mechanics is the most widely used approach to capture the non linear behaviour of laminates due to cracking. In this study, a continuum damage model based on ply failure criteria, which is initially proposed by Ladevèze has been extended to cover all plies failures mechanisms using an accurate numerical model to predict...