New approach for the analysis of flexure of symmetric laminates

Reddy, Jawahar K and Nagaraja, KS and Vijayakumar, K (1991) New approach for the analysis of flexure of symmetric laminates. In: AIAA Journal, 29 (11). pp. 1960-1966.

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Abstract

In this paper, a refined shear-deformation theory for flexure of thick symmetric angle-ply laminates has been developed. Lamination-dependent thicknesswise distributions for in-plane displacements in terms of referenceplane variables are used. They are derived from a priori distributions for slopes of transverse shear stresses based on three-dimensional equilibrium equations in each ply. Performance of the present theory is evaluated by comparing the solutions with the exact elasticity solutions for simply supported cross-ply laminates subjected to sinusoidal loading. It is found that the present theory is quite accurate for a wide range of variations in the thickness and modular ratios.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	AIAA Journal
Publisher:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	28 Jun 2007
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2012 07:10
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/11298

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