How to insert cohesive zone elements in 3 D continuum shell quasi isotropic layup?

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Abedin Gagani

Hi Salman,

I suggest this textbook:

Guidelines for Applying Cohesive Models to the Damage Behaviour of Engineering Materials and Structures, Schwalbe, Karl-Heinz, Scheider, Ingo, Cornec, Alfred (2013), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29494-5

Chitaranjan Pany

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1004785/FULLTEXT01.pdf