Hybrid Finite Element Analysis of Free Edge Effect in Symmetric Composite Laminates

Author(s):  
S. W. Lee ◽  
J. J. Rhiu ◽  
S. C. Wong
2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 096369350601500
Author(s):  
Dionisios T. G. Katerelos

Among the principal damage modes in composite laminates, is delamination. Design details, such as free, straight or curved, edges, induce large local out-of-plane loads, generating interlaminar stresses. In the present work, the effect of ply thickness and the angle between two adjacent layers on the interlaminar stresses developed at the vicinity of straight and curved free edges in composite laminates under thermomechanical loading is examined. The results are obtained by the application of a 3-dimensional Finite Element Analysis.


1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
KL Reifsnider ◽  
GP Sendeckyj ◽  
SS Wang ◽  
WS Johnson ◽  
WW Stinchcomb ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5286
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Ke ◽  
Lei Qiu ◽  
Chunjin Wang ◽  
Zhenzhong Wang

The material removal depth in the pre-polishing stage of the precision optics is usually tens of microns to remove the subsurface damage and grinding marks left by the previous grinding process. This processing of the upstand edge takes a large part of the time at this stage. The purpose of this paper is to develop a method that can reduce the edge effect and largely shorten the processing time of the pre-polishing stage adopting the semirigid (SR) bonnet. The generation of the edge effect is presented based on the finite element analysis of the contact pressure at the edge zone firstly. Then, some experimentations on the edge effect are conducted, and the results proved that the SR bonnet tool can overhang the workpiece edge in the pre-polishing stage to reduce the width and height of the upstand edge to largely shorten the subsequent processing time of it. In addition, there exists a perfect overhang ratio, which generates the upstand edge with the smallest width and height, with no damage to the bonnet tool in the meantime. In addition, one combination of the pre-polishing parameters is concluded according to this method, which can be safely adopted in practical process.


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