Coupling and bending stiffness matrices
The University of Queensland
School of Engineering
Analysis
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0.098 | 0.445 | 0.554 | 0.904 |
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| Strain (mm/mm) | 0.0010 | 0.0023 | 0.0047 | 0.0059 |
If the direction of the fibres is at θ, a transformation matrix [T] has to be applied to find a new stiffness matrix:
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Fibres at -45o from
Figure 2 the horizontal x
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90o
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Supplementary Task
Task S1 The scope of composites goes much beyond what can be covered in this assignment. There are many other aspects of composites that may be of interest to you. You may choose to read an article on anything composite materials and write a short review regarding it (maximum of one A4 page) to gain a better understanding of these advanced materials.
