[EN] In the present research work, a numerical crack growth analysis using linear elastic fracture mechanics is carried out paying attention to the crack paths that grow in the central part of cruciform specimens under ...
Calvo, José Vicente; Feito-Sánchez, Norberto; Miguélez, María Henar; Giner Maravilla, Eugenio(Elsevier, 2022-05-01)
[EN] Laminate composite materials such as CFRPs are highly susceptible to delamination, being one of the common failure modes in composite laminates. The combination of severe delamination with uniaxial compressive loads ...
Marco, Miguel; Giner Maravilla, Eugenio; Larraínzar, Ricardo; Caeiro, José Ramón; Miguélez, María Henar(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] During the last decades human femur fracture has been mainly analysed using an experimental approach focused on cadaveric or synthetic bones. Nowadays, advances in computational technologies allow using numerical ...
Marco, Miguel; Giner Maravilla, Eugenio; Caeiro-Rey, Jose Ramon; Miguélez, María Henar; Larrainzar-Garijo, Ricardo(Elsevier, 2019-05)
[EN] Background and Objective: Hip fracture morphology is an important factor determining the ulterior surgical repair and treatment, because of the dependence of the treatment on fracture morphology. Although numerical ...
[EN] The mechanical performance of composite materials is strongly dependent on its microstructure. Efficient design of composites requires proper estimation of the effect of the microstructure on residual stresses that ...
[EN] In this paper, the design methodology of composite ballistic helmets has been enhanced considering biomechanical requirements by means of finite element analysis. Modern combat helmets lead to a new type of non-penetrating ...