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  An equivalent single layer approach to model fracture events of multidirectional balanced thin-ply laminates via the use ...

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  Modular steel bridges are structures whose construction is based on regular prefabricated truss units. This presents ...

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  Apolinar Fernández, Alejandro; Barrasa Fano, Jorge; Cóndor, M.; Van Oosterwyck, Hans; Sanz Herrera, José Antonio (Elsevier, 2023-05-01)

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  Charoenwong, Chonlatis; Connolly, David P.; Colaço, Aires; Alves Costa, Pedro; Woodward, Peter K.; Romero Ordóñez, Antonio; Galvín, Pedro (Elsevier, 2023-05-16)

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  Unidirectional 90° laminates (UD-90) have been tested under tension–tension loading (R = 0.1) to comprehend the effect of ...

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  Liu, Zeng; Reinoso Cuevas, José Antonio; Paggi, Marco (Elsevier, 2022-12)

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  Finite element modelling is performed to numerically predict the behaviour of civil engineering structures. Due to the ...

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  Juliá, Javier M.; Rodríguez de Tembleque Solano, Luis (Elsevier, 2022-11-15)

  This work presents a computational framework to study the evolution of the subsurface stresses in 3D solids under orthotropic ...

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  Experimental observations of fatigue damage in cross-ply laminates using carbon/epoxy ultra-thin plies 

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  The damage mechanisms of cross-ply laminates under fatigue loading have been deeply studied during last years. In the case ...

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