Materials Modelling

Composite materials are increasingly being used in a wide range of applications to exploit their potential for reduced costs over the full life cycle of a product and to offer improved performance. A key benefit of modelling the behaviour of composites is that this allows manufacturers to predict the behaviour of different designs, avoiding the need to fabricate and test prototypes. The davit and deadman examples illustrate this approach for two different applications, while the composite damage example shows that complex failure behaviour of composite joints can be predicted.

• Prediction of Damage Evolution of Adhesively Bonded Joints
• FEA of Composite Davit
• FEA of Composite Deadman

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