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Composite laminates in plane stress: Constitutive modeling and stress redistribution due to matrix cracking

Conference ·
OSTI ID:135741
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Plane stress constitutive relations for laminate composites undergoing matrix cracking are developed which can be fit to data from uniaxial tests, The constitutive equations are specialized to brittle matrix composites in the form of cross-plies and quasi-isotropic laminates. The effect of nonlinear stress-strain behavior on stress redistribution around holes and notches in laminate plates is illustrated.
OSTI ID:
135741
Report Number(s):
CONF-9508127--; CNN: Contract N00014-92-J1808
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English