A thin ply consists of an isotropic material having a Young’s modulus of 80,000 N / mm ^{2} and a Poisson’s ratio of 0.3. Determine the terms in the reduced stiffness and compliance matrices.
A thin ply consists of an isotropic material having a Young’s modulus of 80,000 N / mm ^{2} and a Poisson’s ratio of 0.3. Determine the terms in the reduced stiffness and compliance matrices.
The reduced stiffnesses are
k_{11}=k_{22}=E /\left(1-ν^{2}\right)=80,000 /\left(1-0.3^{2}\right)=87912 N / mm ^{2}
k_{12}=v E /\left(1-ν^{2}\right)=0.3 \times 80,000 /\left(1-0.3^{2}\right)=26374 N / mm ^{2}
Also k_{33}=G but since the ply is isotropic the shear modulus may be expressed in terms of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, i.e.,
G=E / 2(1+ν) \quad \text { (see Eq. (1.50)) }
\gamma=\frac{2(1+ν)}{E} \tau (1.50)
so that
k_{33}=80,000 / 2(1+0.3)=30769 N / mm ^{2}
The reduced compliances are
s_{11}=s_{22}=1 / E=1 / 80,000=12.5 \times 10^{-6}
s_{12}=s_{21}=-ν / E=-0.3 / 80,000=-3.75 \times 10^{-6}
s_{33}=1 / G=1 / 30,769=32.5 \times 10^{-6}