Shear-lag analysis about an internally-dropped ply
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
The region around a terminated ply is modeled as several elastic layers separated by shear regions. A shear-lag analysis is then performed allowing for the thickness of the elastic and shear layers to vary. Boundary conditions, away for the ply drop, are based on the deflections determined by a finite element model. The interlaminar stresses are compared against those generated by the finite element model for tapered laminates under pure extension, pure bending, and extension-bending coupling. The shear-lag analysis predicts the interlaminar shear at and near the ply drop for pure extension and in cases involving bending if the deflections due to bending are removed. The interlaminar shear stress and force equilibrium are used to determine the interlaminar normal stress. The trends in the interlaminar normal stress shown by the finite element model are partially captured by the shear-lag analysis. This simple analysis indicates that the mechanism for load transfer about a ply drop is primarily due to shear transfer through the resin rich areas.
- OSTI ID:
- 237754
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510177-; ISBN 1-56676-376-2; TRN: IM9625%%79
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. technical conference on composite materials, Santa Monica, CA (United States), 18-20 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Society for Composites: Tenth technical conference. Composite materials, mechanics and processing; PB: 659 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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