Please find attached two recent papers on the use of high order B-splines/NURBS cohesive interface elements for an efficient modeling of delamination of composite laminates.
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Stéph
Stéphane P.A. Bordas, Professor
Director, Institute of Mechanics & Advanced Materials (IMAM)
ERC Starting Grant Research Group Leader (RealTCut)
School of Engineering
Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings
The Parade, CARDIFF CF24 3A
Please see also the following links:
http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/14460
http://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/14468
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Stéph
Stéphane P.A. Bordas, Professor
Director, Institute of Mechanics & Advanced Materials (IMAM)
ERC Starting Grant Research Group Leader (RealTCut)
School of Engineering
Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings
The Parade, CARDIFF CF24 3A