Damage Growth In Aerospace Composites

This Book Presents Novel Methods For The Simulation Of Damage Evolution In Aerospace Composites That Will Assist In Predicting Damage Onset And Growth And Thus Foster Less Conservative Designs Which Realize The Promised Economic Benefits Of Composite Materials. The Presented Integrated Numericalexperimental Methodologies Are Capable Of Taking Into Account The Presence Of Damage And Its Evolution In Composite Structures From The Early Phases Of The Design (conceptual Design) Through To The Detailed Finite Element Method Analysis And Verification Phase. The Book Is Based On The Garteur Research Project Ag-32, Which Ran From 2007 To 2012, And Documents The Main Results Of That Project.