In this paper, to understand the mechanism of delamination propagation in low-velocity impact problems, a weight-drop test is performed for quasi-isotropic composite plates of 32 plies. Due to the high computational cost, up to date, there have been almost no computational effects for simulating the damage propagations in quasi-isotropic composite laminates of 32 plies. This low-velocity impact problem is further numerically modeled and the damage propagation is simulated. A stress-based criterion is adopted for modeling various in-plane damages, such as transverse matrix cracking. A bi-linear cohesive interface model is employed for interface damages, such as delaminations. Moreover, to remove the numerical instability in simulations when using the traditional cohesive model, we propose a new technique, i.e., adaptive cohesive model. The effectiveness of this cohesive model is investigated using a DCB example. Then, it is applied to the low-velocity impact problem of quasi-isotropic composite laminates of 32 plies. The validity of the proposed numerical methodology is verified by comparing the numerical results with the experimental results.
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