An extended analytical model for predicting the compressive failure behaviors of composite laminate with an arbitrary elliptical delamination

Delamination is one of the most serious failure modes in carbon fiber reinforced composite laminates, because it can reduce the overall stiffness, which further leads to premature structural buckling and failure at loads below the design level. Arbitrary elliptical delamination is the most representative case in engineering practice, and the delamination propagation and failure behaviors are much complicated. To completely evaluate the...