Date of Award
Summer 9-2019
Access Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair
Habib Eslami
First Committee Member
Daewon Kim
Second Committee Member
Snorri Gudmundsson
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with the analytical study of the thermal bending, buckling, and post-buckling of unsymmetrically laminated composite beams with imperfection under hygrothermal effects. Three different boundary conditions will be considered on this study. The non-linear governing partial differential equations are derived by taking into account the von-Karman geometrical nonlinearity for an imperfect unsymmetrical laminated composite beam. Classical beam theory (CBT) as well as first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) will be used. The effects of temperature, angle of orientation, moisture variations, imperfection, and geometrical parameters, will be evaluated and discussed. Two different laminated composite laminates will be considered: unsymmetrical cross-ply and unsymmetrical angle-ply.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Barreno, Claudia, "Thermal Bending, Buckling and Post-Buckling Analysis of Unsymmetrically Laminated Composite Beams with the Effects of Moisture and Geometric Imperfections" (2019). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 470.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/470
