A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates

Hybrid elastomer/composite sandwich plate structures are typically used where simultaneously both lateral stiffness and shear flexibility are required. In these hybrid structures, however infinitesimal strains take place in laminated composite layers, but elastomer layer is under hyper-elastic strai...

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Main Authors: H.R. Velayati, S.A.Hosseini Kordkheili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Composites Part C: Open Access
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666682023000257
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author H.R. Velayati
S.A.Hosseini Kordkheili
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description Hybrid elastomer/composite sandwich plate structures are typically used where simultaneously both lateral stiffness and shear flexibility are required. In these hybrid structures, however infinitesimal strains take place in laminated composite layers, but elastomer layer is under hyper-elastic strains. The present work aims to adapt an individual two-step technique to examine three-dimensional stress field in this plate to observe free-edge effects in composite layers. For this purpose, at the first step, employing elastic equivalent properties for the composite layers and nonlinear elastic properties for elastomer layer, large deformation finite element analysis is performed for the hybrid structure by ameliorate an available open source code named FLagSHyp. This analysis provides the load distribution at elastomer-composite interface. Next, using this external load distribution on composite layers, based on Kantorovich technique a detail analysis is proposed to study free edge effect in composite layer. The results are verified numerically and/or experimentally and vital observations involving free-edge effects are reported.
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spelling doaj.art-2c917095530a4e739869fb86f53cb8102023-06-15T04:57:18ZengElsevierComposites Part C: Open Access2666-68202023-07-0111100369A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites platesH.R. Velayati0S.A.Hosseini Kordkheili1Aerospace Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9567, Azadi Avenue, Tehran, IranCorresponding author.; Aerospace Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9567, Azadi Avenue, Tehran, IranHybrid elastomer/composite sandwich plate structures are typically used where simultaneously both lateral stiffness and shear flexibility are required. In these hybrid structures, however infinitesimal strains take place in laminated composite layers, but elastomer layer is under hyper-elastic strains. The present work aims to adapt an individual two-step technique to examine three-dimensional stress field in this plate to observe free-edge effects in composite layers. For this purpose, at the first step, employing elastic equivalent properties for the composite layers and nonlinear elastic properties for elastomer layer, large deformation finite element analysis is performed for the hybrid structure by ameliorate an available open source code named FLagSHyp. This analysis provides the load distribution at elastomer-composite interface. Next, using this external load distribution on composite layers, based on Kantorovich technique a detail analysis is proposed to study free edge effect in composite layer. The results are verified numerically and/or experimentally and vital observations involving free-edge effects are reported.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666682023000257Hybrid elastomer/composite platesFLagSHyp codeKantorovich techniqueNonlinear finite elementFree-edge effect
spellingShingle H.R. Velayati
S.A.Hosseini Kordkheili
A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
Composites Part C: Open Access
Hybrid elastomer/composite plates
FLagSHyp code
Kantorovich technique
Nonlinear finite element
Free-edge effect
title A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
title_full A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
title_fullStr A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
title_full_unstemmed A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
title_short A particular manner to observe free-edge effects in hybrid elastomer/composites plates
title_sort particular manner to observe free edge effects in hybrid elastomer composites plates
topic Hybrid elastomer/composite plates
FLagSHyp code
Kantorovich technique
Nonlinear finite element
Free-edge effect
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666682023000257
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