MOLAY-STRUDEL

In this project a novel way will be developed to numerically model delamination, debonding and peeling in layered structures using geometrically exact nonlinear beam-type finite elements for the layers, and a mixed-mode CZM for the interface, accounting for rate-dependence and large strains when needed, and implemented within an open-source and free-licence software.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 701032.

Meet the Principal Investigator(s) for the project

Dr Giulio Alfano - Academic Career Reader in Computational Mechanics, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Brunel University London, 2015-Present Senior Lecturer in Computational Mechanics, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University West London, 2011-2015 Lecturer in Computational Mechanics. School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University London, 2006-2011. Lecturer in Mechanics of Solids and Structures, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, 2001-2006. Research Associate, Imperial College , Department of Aeronautics, 1998-2001. Education Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, September 1997. 5-year degree in Civil Engineering (summa cum laude), University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy, 1993.

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Project last modified 27/03/2023