Micro-mechanical prediction of UD laminates behavior under combined compression up to failure: influence of matrix degradation

This article aims to model the behavior of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates up to failure and predict the corresponding energy absorption, under mixed loadings involving compression. In Guimard JM, Allix O, Pechnik N and Thévenet P. [Statistical energy and failure analysis of CFRP compression behavior using a uniaxial microbuckling model. J Compos Mater 2007; 41: 2807–2828], a simplified 2D micro-model has been used in order to assess...