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Effects of Material Nonlinearities on Design of Composite Constructions—Elasto-Plastic Behaviour

Usually, the design of composite structures is limited to the linear elastic analysis only. The experimental results discussed in the paper demonstrate the physical non-linear behaviour both for unidirectional and woven roving composites. It is mainly connected with the micromechanical damages in co...

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Autor principal: Muc, Aleksander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7179018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32290205
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13071792
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Sumario:Usually, the design of composite structures is limited to the linear elastic analysis only. The experimental results discussed in the paper demonstrate the physical non-linear behaviour both for unidirectional and woven roving composites. It is mainly connected with the micromechanical damages in composite structures, particularly with the effects of matrix cracking modeled in the form of elastic-plastic physical relations. In the present paper, the effects of both physical and geometrical non-linearities are taken into account. Their influence on the limit states (understood in the sense of buckling or failure/damage) of composite structures is discussed. The numerical examples deal with the behaviour of composite pressure vessels components, such as a cylindrical shell and the reinforcement of the junction of shells. The optimisation method of the reinforcement thickness is also formulated and solved herein.