A phase field approach to simulate intralaminar and translaminar fracture in long fiber composite materials

The development of predictive numerical methods, which accurately represent the progressive failure of long fiber composite materials, is nowadays required for the achievement of optimized mechanical responses in terms of load bearing capacities of modern composite structures. In this investigation, two characteristic failure mechanisms of long fiber composites, denominated as intralaminar and translaminar fracture, are simulated by means of a...