This study includes experimental and numerical investigations on fibre-metal laminate structures containing adhesive joints under static bending loads. Experimental tests were carried out Glare® 4B specimens manufactured in-house doubler joint features. Numerical analyses performed using Abaqus software including damage in the glass fibre reinforced polymer layers, ductile resin pockets (FM94 e...

Static fatigue behavior is the main failure mode of optical fibers applied in sensors. In this paper, a computational framework based on continuum damage mechanics (CDM) is presented to calculate the crack propagation process and failure time of optical fibers subjected to static bending and tensile loads. For this purpose, the static fatigue crack propagation in the glass core of the optical f...