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Numerical study on failure behavior of open-hole composite laminates based on LaRC criterion and extended finite element method

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A new numerical model combining LaRC failure criterion and extended finite element method (XFEM) is created to describe the failure behavior in fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. In this model, the onset of intralaminar damages are predicted based on the LaRC failure criterion, and the crack propagation and stiffness degradation are described explicitly by the XFEM. The user subroutine UDMGINI of ABAQUS defines the initial damage criterion and a mixed-mode, energy-based fracture criterion is employed to describe the crack onset and propagation in the enriched region of XFEM. The proposed model is used to investigate the failure behavior of two sets of open-hole laminates under tension. It is demonstrated that the proposed numerical method can predict the experimental data well.

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The research work is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT: 2020III 066GX), Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2018M632933) and the Foreign Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Hubei Provenience (Grant No. 2013BHE008).

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  1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Theory and Application of Advanced Materials Mechanics, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Decheng Liu, Haixiao Hu & Yucheng Zhong

  2. Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Foshan, 528000, China

    Decheng Liu, Dongfeng Cao, Haixiao Hu & Shuxin Li

  3. State Key Laboratory of Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Dongfeng Cao & Shuxin Li

  4. Institute of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Dongfeng Cao, Haixiao Hu & Shuxin Li

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Decheng Liu received his B.E. degree from Wuhan University of Technology. He is currently a master student in Wuhan University of Technology. His research interests include strength theory and damage tolerance behavior of composite laminates.

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Liu, D., Cao, D., Hu, H. et al. Numerical study on failure behavior of open-hole composite laminates based on LaRC criterion and extended finite element method. J Mech Sci Technol 35, 1037–1047 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-021-0217-9

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