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Experimental determination of elastic properties in laminate composite material orthotropic plies

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The theoretical and analytical models for studying the mechanical behavior of composite materials have a great importance due to the innumerable applications in new technological developments. The use of these models requires a field of knowledge in the elastic properties of composite materials. In this paper, an inverse method is applied to obtain the average elastic constants of orthotropic composite laminates and the constants of orthotropic plies. The method uses the experimental strain analysis and the constitutive models obtained by applying classical laminate theory to three laminate composite materials formed by the orthotropic plies of reinforced epoxy resin with glass. In addition, through experimental axial loading tests and the state of strain measuring with strain gages, the global stresses and the elastic constant averages as well as the orthotropic constants of plies are determined. Finally, these elastic constants show consistency when evaluated.

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Mario Acosta Flores was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Autonomous National University of Mexico, UNAM in 2000 and 2010, respectively. He has extensive experience in Experimental Mechanics since 2002. He has worked on projects for structural redesign for International and Bombardier. He is currently a Research Professor at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Mexico, and his research lines are composite materials, experimental analysis of efforts in scale models, thermal efforts and biomechanics.

Marta L. Eraña Díaz was born in Tamaulipas, México. She received a B.S. degree in Mathematics Applied to Computer Science at the University Autonomous Metropolitan, Mexico City. She received an M.S. degree in Cognitive Sciences in 2016 and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2020, both from the University Autonomous of Morelos State in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Her research interests include the design and development of technological tools.

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Acosta-Flores, M., Eraña-Díaz, M.L. Experimental determination of elastic properties in laminate composite material orthotropic plies. J Mech Sci Technol 38, 1317–1328 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-024-0226-6

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