Stress and failure analysis of composite structures

✍ Scribed by Mario E. Pachajoa; Marcia K. Frances; James D. Lee

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1017 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-7944
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(94)e0065-o

✦ Synopsis

This paper describes the capabilities of the finite element program COMPASS (COMPosite Analysis of Structural Systems). COMPASS was developed under a grant from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, for the analysis of composite structures. COMPASS has the capability to perform non-linear static stress analysis, delamination growth analysis and progressive failure analysis of composite structures. The constitutive relations, failure criteria and boundary conditions employed in COMPASS are presented. Three analyses are performed which exemplify the capabilities of the code.