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J. M. Parente, et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 73 (2025) 139-152; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.73.10

Damage mechanisms in hybrid composites: experimental characterisation and energy-based numerical analysis

João M. Parente C-MAST, Center for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês d’Avila e Bolama 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal joao.miguel.parente@ubi.pt, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-5838 Luis M. Ferreira Grupo de Elasticidad y Resistencia de Materiales, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino Descubrimientos, S/N, Sevilla 41092, España Escuela Superior Politécnica, Universidad de Sevilla, C/ Virgen de África, 7, Sevilla 41011, España lmarques@us.es, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-5309 Paulo N.B. Reis University of Coimbra CEMMPRE, ARISE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal paulo.reis@dem.uc.pt, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-3670

Citation: Parente J.M, Ferreira L.M., Reis, P.N.B., Damage mechanisms in hybrid composites: experimental characterisation and energy-based numerical analysis, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 73 (2025) 139-152.

Received: 06.04.2025 Accepted: 20.05.2025 Published: 21.05.2025 Issue: 07.2025

Copyright: © 2025 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

K EYWORDS . Fiber’s hybridisation, Epoxy composites, Damage mechanisms, Bending behaviour; Numerical analysis.

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