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37
Citations
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World Ranking
2340
National Ranking
841

Overview

Carlos G. Davila is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions to Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their work extensively covers topics related to Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization, Numerical Methods in Engineering, Epoxy Resin Curing Processes, and Structural Response to Dynamic Loads.

Davila has published research in several specialized venues, including:

  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  • Composite Structures
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Davila include:

  • From S-N to the Paris law with a new mixed-mode cohesive fatigue model for delamination in composites, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  • A reduced-input cohesive zone model with regularized extended finite element method for fatigue analysis of laminated composites in Abaqus, 2021, Composite Structures
  • Predicting fatigue damage in composites subjected to general loading conditions, 2022, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • The importance of accounting for large deformation in continuum damage models in predicting matrix failure of composites, 2022, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • A cohesive fatigue model for composite delamination based on a new material characterization procedure for the Paris law, 2023, Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Frequent co-authors of Carlos G. Davila include:

  • Chiara Bisagni
  • Cheryl A. Rose
  • Frank A. Leone
  • Endel V. Iarve
  • M.W. Joosten

Best Publications

  • An engineering solution for mesh size effects in the simulation of delamination using cohesive zone models

    A. Turon;C.G. Dávila;P.P. Camanho;J. Costa

  • Numerical simulation of mixed-mode progressive delamination in composite materials

    P. P. Camanho;C. G. Davila;M. F. de Moura

  • Mixed-Mode Decohesion Finite Elements for the Simulation of Delamination in Composite Materials

    Pedro P. Camanho;Carlos G. Davila

  • A damage model for the simulation of delamination in advanced composites under variable-mode loading

    A. Turon;P.P. Camanho;J. Costa;C.G. Dávila

  • A continuum damage model for composite laminates: Part I - Constitutive model

    P. Maimí;P.P. Camanho;J.A. Mayugo;C.G. Dávila

  • A continuum damage model for composite laminates: Part II – Computational implementation and validation

    P. Maimí;P.P. Camanho;J.A. Mayugo;C.G. Dávila

  • Failure Criteria for FRP Laminates

    Carlos G. Davila;Pedro P. Camanho;Cheryl A. Rose

  • Prediction of size effects in notched laminates using continuum damage mechanics

    P.P. Camanho;P. Maimí;C.G. Dávila

  • Prediction of in situ strengths and matrix cracking in composites under transverse tension and in-plane shear

    Pedro P. Camanho;Carlos G. Dávila;Silvestre T. Pinho;Lorenzo Iannucci

  • Failure Models and Criteria for Frp Under In-Plane or Three-Dimensional Stress States Including Shear Non-Linearity

    Silvestre T. Pinho;C. G. Davila;P. P. Camanho;L. Iannucci

  • Simulation of delamination in composites under high-cycle fatigue

    A. Turon;J. Costa;P.P. Camanho;C.G. Dávila

  • Failure Criteria for Frp Laminates in Plane Stress

    Carlos G. Dávila;Pedro P. Camanho

  • A procedure for superposing linear cohesive laws to represent multiple damage mechanisms in the fracture of composites

    Carlos G. Dávila;Cheryl A. Rose;Pedro P. Camanho

  • Mixed-mode decohesion elements for analyses of progressive delamination

    Carlos Davila;Pedro Camanho;Marcelo de Moura

  • Mesh‐independent matrix cracking and delamination modeling in laminated composites

    Endel V. Iarve;Endel V. Iarve;Mark R. Gurvich;David H. Mollenhauer;Cheryl A. Rose

  • Measurement of resistance curves in the longitudinal failure of composites using digital image correlation

    G. Catalanotti;P.P. Camanho;J. Xavier;C.G. Dávila

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

    Vinay K. Goyal;Eric R. Johnson;Carlos G. Dávila

  • Numerical Simulation of Delamination Growth in Composite Materials

    P P Camanho;C G Davila;D R Ambur

  • Effective simulation of delamination in aeronautical structures using shells and cohesive elements

    Carlos G. Dávila;Pedro P. Camanho;Albert Turon

  • A Thermodynamically Consistent Damage Model for Advanced Composites

    Pere Maimi;Pedro P. Camanho;Joan-Andreu Mayugo;Carlos G. Davila

  • Mixed-Mode Decohesion Elements for Analyses of Progressive Delamination

    Carlos G. Davila;Pedro P. Camanho;Marcelo F. deMoura

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro P. Camanho
Pedro P. Camanho University of Porto
Chiara Bisagni
Chiara Bisagni Delft University of Technology
Albert Turon
Albert Turon University of Girona
Silvestre T. Pinho
Silvestre T. Pinho Imperial College London
James H. Starnes
James H. Starnes Langley Research Center
Lorenzo Iannucci
Lorenzo Iannucci Imperial College London
Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson Imperial College London
M.F.S.F. de Moura
M.F.S.F. de Moura University of Porto

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