A traction-free-edge hybrid-stress element for the analysis of edge effects in cross-ply laminates

DOI10.1016/0045-7949(80)90002-4zbMath0512.73075OpenAlexW2018598664MaRDI QIDQ3657568

Robert L. Spilker

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Computers & Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7949(80)90002-4

zbMATH Keywords

transverse shearcross-ply laminatesmultilayernormal stressesexact representationsteep gradientsaccurate point-by-point stress distributionconverge to large, but finite, values near free edgefour layer symmetric cross-ply laminate (0/90/90/0)interlaminar stress distributionstraction-free edge conditionstraction-free-edge hybrid-stress elementuniform inplane strainvicinity of free-edge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30)

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