Residual stress measurement in composite materials

• Main Author: Liu, Yu.
• Other Authors: Quek, Meng Yin
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6068
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The residual stresses in unsymmetrical fiber-reinforced laminated composites are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Due to the effect of cooling from the cure temperature, certain plies in the unsymmetrical composite will contract more than their neighbors, therefore, inducing resid...