Implementation of Virtual Crack Closure Technique for Damaged Composite Plates Using Higher-Order Layerwise Model

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2015/684065/figures/684065.fig.004a.svgz" name="684065.fig.004a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Configuration of V-notch</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2015/684065/figures/684065.fig.004b.svgz" name="684065.fig.004b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Finite element mesh</td></tr></table>

<div>A symmetrical V-notched plate under uniaxial tension and higher-order FE model.</div>

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Figure 4: Implementation of Virtual Crack Closure Technique for Damaged Composite Plates Using Higher-Order Layerwise Model 