J1010105 Stress Evaluations at Edges of an Angle-Ply Laminated Composite Plate by DLT

Abstract

This paper presents the stress evaluation at edges of an angle-ply laminated composite plate subjected to uniform tensile load. For this purpose, the basic equations are formulated by using the Ritz's procedure based on the Discrete-Layer Theory (DLT), and then stress distributions at edges are obtained numerically. Finally, the applicability of the present analytical models is discussed by comparing with the other numerical results.