MEC 613 MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Macromechanical Behaviour of a Lamina

 Learning Activity: Rewrite the whole Section 2.6

Further Learning Activities
 Observe [Q] and [Ǭ]. Could you determine the main difference between [Q] and [Ǭ]?
 Observe [T]. Could you determine the component of the Transformation Matrix, [T]?
 Observe {σx}, {σ1}, {εx}, {ε1}. Could you explain the relation of these matrices?
 Observe [R]. Could you determine function of [R]?
 Observe [T], [T]-1, [T]-T. Could you determine the main difference between [T]-1 and [T]-T?