04.1 - Aerospace Grade Materials, Structural Analysis, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
MACRO, MESO AND MICRO SCALE ENERGY EVALUATION IN LAMINATED AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES USING THE COMPONENT-WISE APPROACH
S. Saputo¹, R. Augello¹, E. Carrera, Germany; ¹Department of Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico, Italy
The aim of this investigation is to exhaustively evaluate the strain energy assimilated within a structural system, rnand establish a correlation between the energy absorption and the structural integrity rnemploying the Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF). rnThe correlation assumes a predominant significance in predicting probable modes of failure. rnThe methodology allows to evaluate the strain energy distribution at the individual component level, rnwhich plays a pivotal role in identifying specific regions within the structure that gather elevated levels of strain energy.