Failure and damage evolution of wrinkled CFRP laminates with different stacking sequences

Yahao Xu, Qiang Ma, Lihui Zhang, Bingjia Wang, Yong Zhao, Tuanjie Wang, Wei Deng, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, New Energy Technology Department, an Thermal Power Research Institute Co

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Published online on July 03, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Ahead of Print.
Out-of-plane wrinkles (OPWs) severely threaten the structural reliability of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites, whereas stacking-sequence optimization can partially mitigate their detrimental effects. A VUMAT-based numerical framework ...