Stresses in a 02 45s Laminate Under Moment Load

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Stresses in a 02/-45s Laminate Under Moment
Load

• 02/-45s laminate made of AS4/3501-6
• Moment Resultant of 17,790 Nm/m

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Task Find the stresses in the fiber direction
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A,B, D Matrices

• B matrix is zero because the matrix is symmetric

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Calculate Resultants
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Relation between stress resultants, moment
resultants,center-line strains, and curvatures
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Solving for strain and curvature,
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Material Strains
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Material Stresses
For this laminate,
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Results