A Shell-to-Shell Cohesive Line Element for Efficient Modeling of Interfacial Cracking in Overmolded Stiffened Panels

Sérgio G. F. Cordeiro, Boyang Chen, Frans P. van der Meer

The growing use of thermoplastics in lightweight structures requires efficient numerical methods to predict debonding in overmolded parts. In this work, a novel structural cohesive…