Effects of Random Material Properties on Buckling of Composite Plates
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 127, Issue 9
Abstract
Composites exhibit a considerable amount of variation in their material properties because their fabrication/manufacturing process involves a large number of parameters that cannot be controlled effectively. In the present study, the material properties have been modeled as random variables for better prediction of the system behavior. The classical laminate theory and first-order and higher-order shear deformation theories have been employed in deriving the governing equations for buckling of laminated rectangular plates. A mean-centered first-order perturbation technique has been used to find the second-order statistics of the buckling load. The approach has been validated by comparison with results of Monte Carlo simulation. Typical results have been presented for a plate with all edges simply supported. The effectiveness of the theories in predicting the buckling load dispersions has been examined. The sensitivity of buckling loads to change in the standard deviation of random material properties and to system parameters—side-to-thickness ratio and aspect ratio—has been examined for cross-ply symmetric and antisymmetric laminates.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 127 • Issue 9 • September 2001
Pages: 873 - 879
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Received: Jun 2, 2000
Published online: Sep 1, 2001
Published in print: Sep 2001
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