Postbuckling analysis of laminated composite plates subjected to in-plane uniaxial load

Author

Kulkarni, Ketki ; Dhurvey, Priyanka

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., MANIT, Bhopal, India

fYear

2014

fDate

1-2 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The determination of critical buckling load of laminated composite plate is an important factor in determining the structural stability. This paper is concerned with the postbuckling behavior of a laminated composite plate uniaxially loaded in longitudinal direction for three different materials. The finite element software ABAQUS has been employed to analyze the laminated composite plates. Effects of different parameters such as fiber orientation angles, number of layers were examined. Results are presented in the form of plots showing the variation in non-dimensional buckling load with central deflection.

Keywords

buckling; composite materials; finite element analysis; laminates; mechanical stability; plates (structures); structural engineering computing; ABAQUS; central deflection; critical buckling load; fiber orientation angles; finite element software; in-plane uniaxial load; laminated composite plates; nondimensional buckling load; postbuckling analysis; structural stability; Boron; Carbon; Graphite; Laminates; ABAQUS; Angle-ply; Composite laminates; Cross-ply; Finite element analysis; Postbuckling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Engineering and Technology Research (ICAETR), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Unnao

ISSN

2347-9337

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAETR.2014.7012951

Filename

7012951