丝束变角度层合板屈曲性能的参数化研究

通过选择合适的纤维轨迹,丝束变角度(VAT)层合板相对于直纤维层合板能拥有更好的抗屈曲特性。为研究纤维轨迹特征长度和定向坐标系偏角对VAT层合板屈曲性能的影响,首先对原始的纤维角度线性变化方法进行改进,提出了一种纤维角度分段线性变化方法,拓展了纤维轨迹的设计空间;其次,采用改进后的纤维轨迹定义方法构建了一系列变刚度层合板;最后,基于有限元方法,从内力分布角度对变刚度层合板不同承载情况下的屈曲性能进行研究和探讨。数值结果表明:单向轴压工况下,采用半边长的特征长度和90°偏角的纤维轨迹,能使层合板的稳定性最好;双向轴压工况下,应将特征长度和定向坐标系偏角作为额外的设计变量,并通过优化获得最优的纤维轨迹。     

Lateral buckling analysis of thin-walled laminated channel-section beams

The lateral buckling of a laminated composite beam with channel section is studied. A general analytical model applicable to the lateral buckling of a channel-section composite beam subjected to various types of loadings is derived. This model is based on the classical lamination theory, and accounts for the material coupling for arbitrary laminate stacking sequence configuration and various boundary conditions. The effects of the location of applied loading on the buckling capacity are also included in the analysis. A displacement-based one-dimensional finite element model is developed to predict critical loads and corresponding buckling modes for a thin-walled composite beam with arbitrary boundary conditions. Numerical results are obtained for thin-walled composites under central point load, uniformly distributed load, and pure bending with angle-ply and laminates. The effects of fiber orientation, location of applied load, and types of loads on the critical buckling loads are parametrically studied.     

复合材料层合板临界屈曲载荷分散性

基于随机场理论, 将纤维和基体性能以及纤维体积分数作为随机场变量, 利用局部平均法对随机场进行离散。结合MATLAB与ANSYS的PDS模块对复合材料层合板临界屈曲载荷进行Monte-Carlo模拟, 分析各类随机场变量、随机场的相关长度、对称性和边界条件对临界屈曲载荷分散性的影响。结果表明: 不同随机场变量对层合板屈曲载荷分散系数影响的程度不同, 纤维体积分数的影响最大, 其次为纤维性能与基体性能; 屈曲载荷的分散系数存在尺寸效应, 随着板尺寸的增加, 屈曲载荷分散系数逐渐减小; 减小相关长度可有效地减小屈曲载荷的分散系数; 纤维正对称铺设所引起的屈曲载荷分散系数稍大于反对称铺设情况, 而两对边固支板的屈曲载荷分散系数一般大于四边简支板的结果。     

Experimental and numerical studies on buckling of laminated composite skew plates with circular holes under uniaxial compression

This article deals with experimental and finite element studies on the buckling of isotropic and laminated composite skew plates with circular holes subjected to uniaxial compression. The influence of skew angle, fiber orientation angle, laminate stacking sequence, and aspect ratio on critical buckling load are evaluated using the experimental method (using Methods I through V) and finite element method using MSC/NASTRAN. Method I yields the highest experimental value and Method IV the lowest experimental value for critical buckling load in the case of isotropic skew plates with circular holes. For all laminate stacking sequences considered, Method V yields the highest experimental value for critical buckling load for skew angle = 0° and Method IV yields the highest experimental value for critical buckling load for skew angles = 15° and 30°. For all laminate stacking sequences and skew angles considered, Method II yields the lowest experimental value for critical buckling load. The maximum discrepancy between the experimental values given by Method IV and the finite element solution is about 10% in the case of isotropic skew plates. The maximum discrepancy between the experimental values given by Method II and the finite element solution is about 21% in the case of laminated composite skew plates considered. The percentage of discrepancy between the numerical or finite element solution and experimental value increases as the skew angle increases. The critical buckling load decreases as the aspect ratio increases.     

Optimization of laminated composites subject to uncertain buckling loads

Optimal design of composite laminates under buckling load uncertainty is presented. The laminates are subjected to biaxial compressive loads and the buckling load is maximized under worst case in-plane loading which is computed using an anti-optimization approach. The magnitudes of the in-plane loads are not known a priori resulting in load uncertainty subject to the only constraint that the loads belong to a given uncertainty domain. Results are given for continuous and discrete fibre orientations which constitute the optimization problem coupled to load anti-optimization problem leading to a nested solution method. It is observed that the stacking sequence of a laminate designed for a deterministic load case only differs considerably from that of a robust laminate designed taking load uncertainties into account. Consequently the buckling load carried by a deterministic design is considerably less than the one carried by a robust design when both are subjected to uncertain loads.     

Optimal design of hybrid laminates with discrete ply angles for maximum buckling load and minimum cost

The design of hybrid symmetric laminated plates consisting of high-stiffness surface and low-stiffness core layers is presented. In the first problem the maximization of buckling load is carried out over a discrete set of ply angles. In the second problem the minimum number of high-stiffness plies is determined for a given buckling load to minimize the material cost. Boolean variables are introduced to specify stacking sequence. Solution of the linear optimization problem yields an optimal stacking sequence. The effect of hybridization is investigated for various problem parameters such as the aspect ratio of the laminate and the number of plies. The optimal designs are obtained with upper bound constraints on the effect of bending-twisting coupling stiffnesses. Results are given for hybrid graphite-epoxy/glass-epoxy laminates under both uniaxial and biaxial loadings.     

Adaptive post-buckling response of carbon fibre composite plates employing SMA actuators

Restoration forces, associated with embedded activated pre-strained SMA wires, have successfully been employed to enhance the post-buckling behaviour of laminated plate structures while under the influence of a uniaxial load. The results of which will be presented. The manufacturing methodology of the hybrid SMA-carbon-epoxy plates is outlined. Optical micrographs illustrate the effect of embedding diametrical inclusions within a host composite. Thermal and structural finite-element analysis have been employed to predict the non-uniform temperature profile within the laminates and to provide insight to the SMA-hybrid structure adaptive response. It is shown that by utilizing the considerable control authority generated, even for a small actuator volume fraction, the out-of-plane displacement of the post-buckled laminates can be significantly reduced. Such displacement alleviation allows for the load redistribution away from the plate's unloaded edges i.e. there is a tendency for the plate to conform to the optimal flat configuration beyond its critical buckling load. However, the stability of the adaptive response is very much dependent upon the laminate stacking sequence. It is envisaged that the range of operational performance for such an adaptive hybrid structure may be extended over conventional materials and structures.     

Surrogate-based multi-objective optimization of a composite laminate with curvilinear fibers

A variable stiffness design can increase the structural performance of a composite plate and provides flexibility for trade-offs between structural properties. In this paper, we examine the simultaneous optimization of stiffness and buckling load of a composite laminate plate with curvilinear fiber paths. The problem, which falls in the area of multi-objective optimization, is formulated and solved through a surrogate-based optimization algorithm capable of finding the set of optimum Pareto solutions. We integrate surrogate modeling into an evolutionary algorithm to reduce the high computational cost required to solve the optimization process. The results show that a curvilinear fiber path can increase both buckling load and stiffness simultaneously over the quasi-isotropic laminate. Furthermore, the optimum direction for varying the fiber angle is dependent on the loading direction and boundary conditions. The results for a plate under uniform compression with free transverse edges shows that varying the fiber orientation perpendicular to the loading direction can increase the buckling load by 116% with respect to that of a quasi-isotropic laminate.     

The influence of mechanical couplings on the compressive stability of anti-symmetric angle-ply laminates

The compressive stability of anti-symmetric angle-ply laminated plates with particular reference to the degrading influence of membrane–flexural coupling is reported in this paper. The degree of membrane–flexural coupling in the laminated composite plates is varied, essentially, by altering the ply-angle and the number of plies in the laminated stack for a given composite material system. The coupled compressive buckling solutions are determined in the paper using the finite strip method of analysis and the buckling displacement fields of the strip formulation are those which are able to provide zero in-plane normal movement at the edge boundaries of the laminated plates.

Results are given for anti-symmetric angle-ply laminated plates subjected to uniaxial compression and these have been obtained from fully converged finite strip structural models. Validation of the finite strip formulation is indicated in the paper through comparisons with exact solutions where appropriate. Increasing the number of plies in the laminated system is seen to reduce the degree of coupling and the critical stress levels are noted to tend towards the plate orthotropic solutions. The ply-angle corresponding to the optimised buckling stress for any particular laminate is noted in the paper to be influenced by the support boundary conditions at the plates unloaded edges. For any particular laminate the minimum critical buckling stress and corresponding natural half-wavelength of the buckling mode are shown to be highly sensitive to ply-angle variation.

Some post-buckling results are presented in the paper and these have been determined using the finite element method of analysis. The influence of membrane–flexural coupling is shown to be significant throughout the compressive post-buckling history of the laminated plates. The optimised ply-angle with regard to the critical compressive buckling stress of square simply supported anti-symmetric angle-ply laminates is shown to be less effective in the post-buckling range with regard to post-buckled compressional stiffness.     

考虑多尺度界面力学特性的损伤复合材料层合板分岔屈曲性能的等代化

提出了一种等效理论来分析含损伤碳纤维增强树脂T300/QY8911复合材料层合板的分层屈曲。针对含贯穿脱层层合板产生面外弯曲后的受力特点,引入损伤界面的接触效应,根据精确模型所给出的多尺度变形失效机制,提出了一个基于刚度等效理论来分析损伤层合板结构失效的力学性能。通过将含脱层的区域等效成一个几何形状和铺设方式完全一致,但刚度相应折减的完善子板,运用三分区模型,根据板壳理论、复合材料力学等基本原理建立各子板的屈曲控制方程,同时结合边界条件和连续性条件求解。算例分析表明,本文所得的屈曲荷载与考虑接触效应精确模型所得的解析解及ABAQUS有限元结果高度吻合。该研究方法充分考虑了脱层带来的刚度降低以及由于分层界面处非线性抗穿透约束的影响,不仅大大简化了繁琐的推导过程和节省了计算量,而且揭示了深层次的力学机制,更为主要的是,该方法可以有效推广到含多分层损伤层合板的非线性力学性能的评估,为航空航天先进复合材料的结构设计和力学分析提供有力的技术支持。      

Analysis of a unidirectional, symmetric buffer strip laminate with damage

A method of analysis capable of predicting accurately the fracture behavior of a unidirectional composite laminate containing symmetrically placed buffer strips is presented. The analysis is based on a materials modeling approach using the classical shear-lag assumption to describe the stress transfer between fibers. Explicit fiber and matrix properties of the three regions are retained and changes in the laminate behavior as a function of the relative material properties, buffer strip width and initial crack length are discussed. As an example, for a notch (broken fibers) in a graphite/epoxy laminate, the results show clearly the manner in which to select the most efficient combination of buffer strip properties necessary to arrest the crack. Ultimate failure of the laminate after crack arrest can occur under increasing load, either by continued crack extension through the buffer strip, or by fiber breakage in the undamaged half-plane. That is, for certain choices of relative material properties and width, the crack can jump the buffer strip. For some typical hybrid laminates it is found that a buffer strip spacing to width ratio of about four to one is the most efficient.     

Compression properties of z-pinned composite laminates

The effect of z-pinning on the in-plane compression properties and failure mechanisms of polymer laminates is experimentally studied in this paper. The reduction to the compression modulus, strength and fatigue performance of carbon/epoxy laminates with increasing volume content and diameter of pins is determined. The elastic modulus decreases at a quasi-linear rate with increasing pin content and pin diameter. Softening is caused by fiber waviness around the pins and reduced fiber volume content due to volumetric swelling of the laminate from the pins. A simple model is presented for calculating the compression modulus of pinned laminates that considers the softening effects of fiber waviness and fiber dilution. The compression strength and fatigue life also decrease with increasing volume content and diameter of the pins. The strength and fatigue properties are reduced by fiber kinking caused by fiber waviness around the pins and the reduced fiber content caused by swelling. The deterioration to the compression properties is also dependent on the fiber lay-up pattern of the laminate, with the magnitude of the loss in properties increasing with the percentage of 0° (load bearing) fibers in the laminate. The paper gives suggestions for minimizing the loss to the compression properties to laminates due to pinning.     

Closed-form analysis of the buckling loads of symmetrically laminated orthotropic plates considering elastic edge restraints

The initial buckling loads of symmetrically laminated rectangular orthotropic plates under uniaxial compression are determined in a closed-form analytical manner. The considered laminates are simply supported at all edges and furthermore subjected to elastic rotational restraints at the unloaded edges. The analysis approach which is based on the assumptions of Classical Laminate Plate Theory employs a representation for the transverse displacements consisting of a system of trigonometric functions in both inplane coordinate directions. Due to its simplicity, a closed-form solution for the critical buckling load is possible which is useful for preliminary design purposes. The presented approach is compared to closed-form analytical and numerical data available in the literature and is found to be in favorable agreement.     

Buckling and Delamination Growth Analysis of Composite Laminates Containing Embedded Delaminations

The objective of this work is to study the post buckling behavior of composite laminates, containing embedded delamination, under uniaxial compression loading. For this purpose, delamination initiation and propagation is modeled using the softening behavior of interface elements. The full layer-wise plate theory is also employed for approximating the displacement field of laminates and the interface elements are considered as a numerical layer between any two adjacent layers which delamination is expected to propagate. A finite element program was developed and the geometric non-linearity in the von karman sense is incorporated to the strain/displacement relations, to obtain the buckling behavior. It will be shown that, the buckling load, delamination growth process and buckling mode of the composite plates depends on the size of delamination and stacking sequence of the laminates.     

Optimum design of laminated composite under axial compressive load

In the present study optimal design of composite laminates, with and without rectangular cut-out, is carried out for maximizing the buckling load. Optimization study is carried out for obtaining the maximum buckling load with design variables as ply thickness, cut-out size and orientation of cut-out with respect to laminate. Buckling load is evaluated using a ‘simple higher order shear deformation theory’ based on four unknown displacements u, v, w _b and w _s . A C¹ continuous shear flexible finite element based on HSDT model is developed using Hermite cubic polynomial. It is observed that for thick anti-symmetric laminates, the non-dimensional buckling load decreases with increase in aspect ratio and increase in fibre orientation angle. There is a decrease in the non-dimensional buckling load of symmetric laminate in the presence of cut-out.     

Buckling Of Laminated Plates with Random Material Characteristics

This paper models the effect of material parameter randomness on the initial buckling load of rectangular, specially orthotropic, composite laminates. The basic formulation for stability analysis is based on classical laminate theory. A perturbation technique is used to obtain the solution of the governing equation. The effects of aspect ratio and change in standard deviation of the input parameters have been investigated for several laminate configurations. The solution has also been checked with the help of Monte Carlo simulation.     

Optimization of orthotropic rectangular laminates with weak interfaces under buckling

The buckling of an orthotropic laminate with weak interfaces is investigated. The state-space formulations established directly from the three-dimensional theory of elasticity are employed. The present analysis is effective because the final scale of the resulting equations always keeps the same in spite of the number of layers as well as the number of weak interfaces in the laminate.To maximize the critical buckling stress of laminates with weak interface, the optimal design are performed to find the optimal design of microstructural parameters using ADS (automated design synthesis).     

基于弯曲刚度最大分层临界载荷的层压板局部屈曲预测

提出了一种预测含特定分层损伤层压板发生局部屈曲时整体应变的方法。认为含分层子板的局部屈曲载荷由其弯曲刚度最大的分层决定, 因而含有相同最大弯曲刚度分层的不同子板具有相同的屈曲载荷。在已知弯曲刚度最大分层的屈曲载荷的情况下, 根据层压板的轴向刚度公式, 计算出发生局部屈曲时弯曲刚度最大的分层与完好的基板分别承受的载荷, 即得到总载荷, 进而得到层压板的整体应变。用ABAQUS有限元分析软件建立含分层损伤的层压板模型, 使用准静态加载进行了多种分层深度和分层位置下的局部屈曲仿真, 所得局部屈曲载荷符合上述推论。用所提方法预测发生局部屈曲时的整体应变, 结果与有限元结果吻合较好, 此方法可用于建立分层参数识别的参照样本库。     

Simulation of inelastic response of multidirectional laminates based on stress failure criteria

Abstract

The primary purpose of this paper is to simulate the non-linear stress–strain curve of a multidirectional laminate subjected to an arbitrary in plane load using constituent material data and laminate geometrical parameters. The simulation is performed at a ply level. The classical laminated plate theory is employed to determine the load shared by each lamina in the laminate, while internal stresses in the constituent fibre and matrix of the lamina are obtained using a recently developed bridging micromechanics model. Thus, various failure criteria can be incorporated to detect the failure of a lamina in the laminate, and a progressive failure process is assumed by stiffness discount. Another objective of this paper is to investigate the influence of three typical failure criteria, i.e. the maximum normal stress criterion, the Tsai–Wu criterion, and the Hashin–Rotem criterion, on the simulation. Prediction has been made for T300/5208 graphite–epoxy laminates of a number of layups subjected to uniaxial tension. For the considered laminates, the predicted curves agree well with available experimental data. It is found that the predic tions based on the maximum normal stress criterion are comparable with those based on the other two criteria. As the maximum normal stress criterion is the simplest in application, it is recommended as the first candidate for laminate non-linear and failure analysis.     

Optimization of composite structures under multiple load cases using a discrete approach based on lamination parameters

This paper presents a new optimization technique applicable to optimization of composite structures subjected to multiple objectives. The composite structures may be composed of an arbitrary number of laminates. The technique is especially suited for the case where the layers of the laminates may assume a discrete number of orientations. However, given the efficiency of the technique, it is readily extendable to situations where the ply orientations vary quasi‐continuously, for instance, by one degree in one degree. The high efficiency is obtained through application of lamination parameters, which, in the case of symmetric laminates, consist of only 10 parameters per laminate. Three traditional structures, a rectangular composite plate, a cantilever composite beam, and a stiffened composite panel, are optimized against buckling when subjected to multiple load cases. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.