Irreversible constitutive law for modeling the delamination process using interfacial surface discontinuities

By V. Goyal, E. Johnson, C. Dávila. 2004

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Simulation of delamination in composites under high-cycle fatigue (2007, background): “Cohesive finite elements have been developed to capture the initiation and propagation of delamination cracks [8,13,14,19–28].”
A damage model for the simulation of delamination in advanced composites under variable-mode loading (2006, methodology): “Moreover, cohesive zone formulations can also be easily implemented in finite element codes using decohesion elements [17]-[25].”
Review of methodologies for composite material modelling incorporating failure (2008, methodology): “[26] 8 node interface for 2D shells, with PFA applied Parameter μ combining displacements in modes I, II,III; use μ in exponential softening relationship Material: β, κ, e, mixed-mode: α − 3D shear and compression panels with cutouts”
Accurate simulation of delamination growth under mixed-mode loading using cohesive elements: Definition of interlaminar strengths and elastic stiffness (2010, methodology): “The most common approaches that have been proposed to simulate delamination are the Virtual Crack-Closure Technique (VCCT), either by post-processing finite element results [3] or by using special-purpose VCCT elements [4], and cohesive finite elements [5–11].”