Determination Of Effective Stiffness Properties Of Multilayered

Determination Of Effective Stiffness Properties Of Multilayered

Composite Beams
Composite Beams

Mircea Bîrsan · Daniel Pietras · Tomasz Sadowski

Rajarajan N M – SC21D041
11/22/2021
Introduction

 Novel multiphase materials

 Multilayered composite beams
 Performance Evaluation
 Strength
 Stiffness
 Ductility
 Thermal properties
 Toughness
 Cosserat-type model – Theory of directed Curves

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Model of Directed Curves
Figure: Deformation of a thin rod.
Reference configuration and deformed
configuration at time t.
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• C0 – Initial configuration of the curve
• s – Arc length along the curve
• r(s) – Position vector
• di(s) – Directors (d3 coincides with the tangent)
At time t,
• C – Configuration at time, t
• R – Position vector R(s,t)
• Di – Directors D(s,t)
• P(s, t) = D(s, t) ⊗ d(s) (Rotation Tensor)
• Strain measures are the vectors of extension shear
and bending-twisting
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Model of Directed Curves

 Equilibrium Equations

 Constitutive Equation,

where,
N is the force vector field,
M is the moment vector field,
ρ0 is the mass density per unit length of C0 ,
F & L are the external body force and moment per unit mass
e - vector of extension-shear
k - vector of bending-twisting
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Model of Directed Curves

 Internal Energy Function,

 Here, the second order tensors A, B & C are constitutive tensors,

The constitutive coefficients Ai , Ci , A12 , C12 , Bα3 and B3α

describe the effective stiffness properties of thin rods

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General Composite Beam – Orthotropic Material

 Assume that the bodies are welded and

there is no separation of material during
deformation.
 Plane strain boundary-value problem,

 Torsion function is determined from the

extended boundary-value problem,
Figure: The cross section of a general composite beams &
The separation curve between the domains Sl and Sr

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General Composite Beam – Orthotropic Material

 Effective Stiffness Coefficients,  Transverse Shear Stiffness,

 where, is the shear correction

factor and A(Σ) denoting the area of
Σ.

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Example – Bending of Sandwich Beam

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Results Comparison

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 Thank you…

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