Stress Concentrations in Laminated Composites / Edition 1

by Seng C. Tan

Overview

From the Author's Preface

The objective of this book is to provide a thorough and systematic study of the problem of laminated composites containing stress concentrations. Stress concentrations are introduced in laminated plates in the forms of circular holes, elliptical openings and straight cracks. These forms of cutouts have many practical applications, and are familiar to most engineers. Stress concentrations exist in all known structural components. Stress concentrations have great practical importance because they are normally the cause of failure.
In addition to stress analyses of laminated composites, we need more fundamental understanding of the failure mode, the failure criterion, the effects on global laminate response, and the design of composites in the presence of stress concentrations.
In this book, all the subjects studied are closely related to the problem of stress concentrations in laminated composites . . . . All the models are verified with many experimental results. The underlying objective of this comprehensive study is to give the readers an in-depth and thorough understanding of the problem of stress concentrations in composites.
This book is the first to address the problem of laminated composites containing stress concentrations in a systematic way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566760775
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/1994
Pages:	482
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

BACKGROUND. Introduction to Composite Materials. Test Methods. Failure Criteria. II. FINITE-WIDTH SOLUTIONS. Finite-Width Correction Factor for Anisotropic Plate. Strain and Stress Concentrations. III. LAMINATE FAILURE MODELS (ANALYTICAL). Approximate Stress Analyses and Stress Failure Models. Experiment and Modified Failure Models. IV. LAMINA FAILURE MODELS (ANALYTICAL). Point Strength and Minimum Strength Models. Lamina-Based Fiber Failure Criteria and Effective Stress Failure Models. Notched Strength of Thermoplastic Composites. Shear Loading of Composites Containing an Opening. Multiaxial Loading of Multidirectional Laminates. Mixed-Mode Fracture of Unidirectional and Off-Axis Laminates. Mixed-Mode Fracture of Unidirectional and Off-Axis Laminates. Correlation of Damage Mechanisms and Characteristic Lengths. Progressive Failure Models (Numerical). A Progressive Failure Model for Laminates with Cutouts. Damage Accumulation, and Accumulation due to Compressive Loading. VI. DESIGN METHODOLOGY. Design of Composite Laminates by a Ranking Method. Optimal Design with an Iterative Method. Mechanical Response and Design of Laminates with a Reinforcement.