Effect Of Shear Stresses On Failure Of Fibrous Composite Materials Accounting For Nonlinear Material Behavior

Submitted	2013-09-22
Last Update	2013-09-22
Title	Effect Of Shear Stresses On Failure Of Fibrous Composite Materials Accounting For Nonlinear Material Behavior
Author(s)	Author #1 Author title: Name: Ghazi Abu-Farsakh Org: Professor of Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology. Country: Email: ghazi@just.edu.jo
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Keywords	Shear stress, Failure envelope, Composite material, Nonlinear behavior, Fiberorientation
Abstract	Variation of shear stresses  xy on failure behavior of different composite materials was investigated for two types of composites; Boron-Epoxy Narmco 5505 and Carbon-Epoxy AS4 (3501-6). The effect of material nonlinearity on failure behavior of unidirectional fibrous composite laminates was considered for several fiber-orientation angles; ϴ=15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 degrees. An energy-based nonlinear material model was adopted to predict the mechanical properties of a unidirectional composite lamina. A compatible failure criterion for nonlinear composite materials was utilized which incorporates the material model into the failure criterion. The resulting failure envelopes were compared for all the cases.
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