Efficient sizing methods for composites primary structures in automotive applications
Paper in proceeding, 2014

In this paper, a set of failure criteria for Non Crimp Fabric (NCF) composites are presented. The proposed failure criteria are physically based and can take into account the orthotropic character of NCF composites by addressing the lost transverse isotropy. The criteria are compared to experimental data and show good agreement.

Non-crimp fabric composites

Orthotropic

Failure criteria

Author

Henrik Molker

Volvo Cars

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

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Renaud Gutkin

Swerea SICOMP

Magnus Oldenbo

Volvo Cars

Leif Asp

Swerea SICOMP

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

Other publications Research

16th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2014; Seville; Spain; 22 June 2014 through 26 June 2014

Efficient design methodology for composite vehicle structures through numerical simulations

Swedish Research Council (VR) (2012-04320), 2013-09-01 -- 2018-08-31.

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Materials Science

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Composite Science and Engineering

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