Synopsis

Computes the laminate effective transverse shear stiffness for plate bending. The model solves for the transverse shear stress distribution for a net shear load, and uses total strain energy to define an effective shear stiffness. This stiffness is divided by thickness to yield an effective modulus. General laminates can have coupling term between the xz and yz components. Therefore, there is a Gxzyz term defined that couples gamma xz strain to tau yz stress.

Input

Enter the layer material properties as a list {Ex, Ey, Gxy, nuxy}:

Enter the layer interlaminar shear stiffness {Gxz, Gyz}:

Enter a stacking sequence {theta1, theta2, ...}: Help on advanced stack entry

Enter the default per-ply thickness

Tabulate expanded stacking sequence

Plot transverse shear stress distribution

Result: Effective Transverse Shear Moduli

Usage Notes

Page History Notes

• Added ability to transfer input data from one page to another (6/5/2002)
• Initially placed online Dec. 10, 2001
• 1/3/02 Plotting function was not available. Missing function added.
• Known issues or bugs
  • None

Copyright Materials Sciences Corporation, 2001