Analysis of Composite Laminates. Theories and Their Applications

Table of Contents

1. An introduction of composite is presented, including history and applications, constituents and basic analysis schemes
2. Elasticity fundaments used in this book are briefly introduced, including the fundamental equations of elasticity, general Hook's low and energy principles of elasticity
3. Shear deformation theories are introduced, including Classical Laminated Plate Theory (CLPT), First-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), High-order Shear Deformation Theory (HSDT) and Higher-order Shear Deformation Theory (HrSDT)
4. State space theory is introduced. The Hamilton canonical equation is deduced from the differential and variational schemes for the laminated composite plates and shells. The solving methods are developed based on
exact solution, finite element method and meshless method. In addition, the state space theory is extended into bonding imperfection of composites
5. Layerwise theories are introduced, including Integrate layerwise methods and Discrete layerwise theories.
6. Extended layerwise method is established for the composite laminated beams, plates and shells with multiple delaminations and transverse cracks
7. The fracture and damage mechanics of composites�
8. The multi-physical fracture problems are presented, including thermo-mechanical, piezoelectric, chemo-mechanical and chemo-thermomechanical
coupling
9. The analysis methods of stiffened and sandwich structures are studied based on state space theory, layerwise method and extended layerwise method
10. The progressive failure analysis problems of composite laminated plates, stiffened plates and sandwich plates are studied by the continuous damage mechanics and layerwise theory
11. The static responses and frequencies sensitivity analysis of laminated composites based on state space theory, layerwise method are discussed, including composite plates, stiffened plate/shells and sandwich plates

Authors

Dinghe Li Associate Professor, College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC), Tianjin, China; Vice President, College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC), Tianjin, China. Dinghe Li is Associate Professor and Vice President in the College of Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China (CUAC). He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on solving the basic mechanical problems involved in composite engineering structures, and his team has developed a high-performance composite structure analysis system, with over 200,000 lines of code. He has published over 50 journal papers and one book, and holds two software copyrights.