Development of a finite-element analysis methodology for the propagation of delaminations in composite structures

Adrian C. Orifici1, Rodney S. Thomson2, Richard Degenhardt3, Chiara Bisagni4, Javid Bayandor5
1School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd, Fishermans Bend, Australia
3[Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, DLR German Aerospace Center, Braunschweig, Germany]
4Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
5The Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia

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