A practical approach for the non-local simulation of progressive damage in quasi-isotropic fibre-reinforced composite laminates

This paper presents a generic strategy to generate macroscopic continuum damage models using non-local averaging. Formulation and derivation of such model are shown for dispersed quasi-isotropic IM7/8552 carbon fibre-reinforced composites. Experimental data and results from local damage simulations in over-height compact tension and compact compression tests are used to calibrate the non-local model for the simulation of progressive damage. A...