A Three-Dimensional Mesoscale Damage Model for Simulating Combined Shear and Compressive Failure in Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Plastics
Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) exhibit significantly lower compressive strength than tensile strength, mainly because of fiber micro-buckling. During compressive failure, fiber micro-buckling leads to the formation of a kink band, in which fractured fibers are reoriented at a constant angle. Previous studies have sho...