Buckling, post-buckling and delamination propagation in debonded composite laminates Part 2: Numerical applications

A layerwise B-spline finite strip method is developed with consideration of delamination kinematics to study the buckling, post-buckling and delamination propagation in debonded composite laminates under compression in Part 1 [Zhang Y, Wang S. Buckling, post-buckling and delamination propagation in debonded composite laminates Part 1: Theoretical development. Compos Struct, 2009;88:121–130]. Extensive numerical applications are conducted in this Part 2 to validate the theoretical development. Comparisons are made between the present predictions and the existing numerical and experimental results.