A Finite Element Model (FEM) can provide a helpful and accurate tool for acquiring a better understanding of complex structures such stressed skin panel (SSP) systems and can contribute towards saving costly experiments. The FEM discusses in this paper is an outcome of a comprehensive research conducted on SSP structures at the University of Technology, Sydney between 2002 and 2007 (Gerber 2007). Albeit some conceptual recommendations, which characterise the boundaries of FEM, it is capable of predicting/simulating the behaviours of SSP systems in many loading configurations. A good agreement between the FEM simulations and experimental data (structures in the “healthy ” state) has been demonstrated. It has also been established that FEM can successfully simulate the effects of discontinuities in SSP sheathing (structures in “damage ” state). 1.

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