Stress analysis of composite laminates

A general displacement-based shear and transverse normal deformable plate theory is reviewed. Shear and transverse normal deformable plate theories suitable for cylindrical bending problems have been deduced from the general plate theory by introducing certain general functions of the transverse coo...

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Main Author: Liu, Shulong
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2001
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13176/
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description A general displacement-based shear and transverse normal deformable plate theory is reviewed. Shear and transverse normal deformable plate theories suitable for cylindrical bending problems have been deduced from the general plate theory by introducing certain general functions of the transverse coordinate into the displacement field approximation. This theory takes into account the transverse shear and normal deformation effects and unifies most of the classical and shear deformable theories available in the literature. A predictor-corrector method has been used for improving the accuracy of transverse stress analysis results and assessing the accuracy of composite plate/beam theories. In more detail, uniform shear deformable plate theory, parabolic shear deformable plate theory, general three-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory, general four-degree- of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory and general five-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory are employed to improving their prediction performances of transverse shear and normal stresses. By means of the assessment of plate theories for simply supported beams, general three-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory, general four-degree-of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory are applied for other sets of boundary conditions of cross-ply laminates subject to mechanical loading. General five-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory is applied for angle-ply laminates subject to mechanical loading. In addition, general four-degree-of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory is employed for cross-ply laminates subject to thermal loading. The numerical results of the present studies are compared with the corresponding exact solution results available in the literature.
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spelling nottingham-131762025-02-28T11:23:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13176/ Stress analysis of composite laminates Liu, Shulong A general displacement-based shear and transverse normal deformable plate theory is reviewed. Shear and transverse normal deformable plate theories suitable for cylindrical bending problems have been deduced from the general plate theory by introducing certain general functions of the transverse coordinate into the displacement field approximation. This theory takes into account the transverse shear and normal deformation effects and unifies most of the classical and shear deformable theories available in the literature. A predictor-corrector method has been used for improving the accuracy of transverse stress analysis results and assessing the accuracy of composite plate/beam theories. In more detail, uniform shear deformable plate theory, parabolic shear deformable plate theory, general three-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory, general four-degree- of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory and general five-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory are employed to improving their prediction performances of transverse shear and normal stresses. By means of the assessment of plate theories for simply supported beams, general three-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory, general four-degree-of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory are applied for other sets of boundary conditions of cross-ply laminates subject to mechanical loading. General five-degree-of-freedom shear deformable plate theory is applied for angle-ply laminates subject to mechanical loading. In addition, general four-degree-of-freedom transverse shear and normal deformable plate theory is employed for cross-ply laminates subject to thermal loading. The numerical results of the present studies are compared with the corresponding exact solution results available in the literature. 2001-12-14 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13176/1/369040.pdf Liu, Shulong (2001) Stress analysis of composite laminates. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
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Stress analysis of composite laminates
title Stress analysis of composite laminates
title_full Stress analysis of composite laminates
title_fullStr Stress analysis of composite laminates
title_full_unstemmed Stress analysis of composite laminates
title_short Stress analysis of composite laminates
title_sort stress analysis of composite laminates
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13176/