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An excursion into representative volume elements and unit cells (2017)
Book Chapter
Li, S., & Sitnikova, E. (2017). An excursion into representative volume elements and unit cells. In P. W. Beaumont, & C. H. Zweben (Eds.), Comprehensive Composite Materials II, Volume 1, Reinforcements and General Theories of Composites (451-489). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10352-2

The objective of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive and systematic account on the subject of representative volume elements (RVEs) and unit cells (UCs). To construct an RVE or UC, intuition has been often perceived sufficient to facilitate th... Read More about An excursion into representative volume elements and unit cells.

The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites (2017)
Journal Article
Li, S., Sitnikova, E., Liang, Y., & Kaddour, A. S. (2017). The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 102, 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.08.007

© 2017 The Authors This paper is to rationalise the empirical aspect of the Tsai-Wu failure criterion in the context of UD composites associated with the determination of the interactive strength property F12 based on the analytic geometry. It reveal... Read More about The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites.

Subtle features of delamination in cross-ply laminates due to low speed impact (2017)
Journal Article
Sitnikova, E., Li, S., Li, D., & Yi, X. (2017). Subtle features of delamination in cross-ply laminates due to low speed impact. Composites Science and Technology, 149, 149-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.06.021

In cross-ply laminates, the shape of delamination areas, which form due to low velocity impact, have two subtle features, which have been observed consistently in numerous experiments. Those are the pointed delamination tips and the intact zone betwe... Read More about Subtle features of delamination in cross-ply laminates due to low speed impact.