An integrated modeling of the curing process and transverse tensile damage of unidirectional CFRP composites

In this work, an integrated numerical approach for predicting the damage mechanism of unidirectional CFRP composites at the micro-scale level has been developed using a multi-scale modeling strategy, where the curing residual stresses induced in autoclave curing process is taken into account. This research frames of the curing residual stresses development and the transverse tensile damage development through finite element computation. The...