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Numerical Study of the Effect of Presence of Geometric Singularities on the Mechanical Behavior of Laminated Plates

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In this paper, an effort is made to understand the effects of geometric singularities on the load bearing capacity and stress distribution in thin laminated plates. Composite plates with variously shaped cutouts are frequently used in both modern and classical aerospace, mechanical and civil engineering structures. Finite element investigation is undertaken to show the effect of geometric singularities on stress distribution. In this study, the stress concentration factors (SCFs) in cross-and-angle-ply laminated as well as in isotropic plates subjected to uniaxial loading are studied using a quadrilateral finite element of four nodes with thirty-two degrees-of-freedom per element. The varying parameters such as the cutout shape and hole sizes (a/b) are considered. The numerical results obtained by the present element are compared favorably with those obtained using the finite element software Freefem++ and the analytic findings published in literature, which demonstrates the accuracy of the present element. Freefem++ is open source software based on the finite element method, which could be helpful to study and improving the analyses of the stress distribution in composite plates with cutouts. The Freefem++ and the quadrilateral finite element formulations will be given in the beginning of this paper. Finally, to show the effect of the fiber orientation angle and anisotropic modulus ratio on the (SCF), number of figures are given for various ratio (a/b).

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  1. Laboratory of Civil Engineering, University of Biskra, BP 145, Biskra, 07000, Algeria

    Abdelhak Khechai & Abdelhamid Guettala

  2. Laboratory of Energy Engineering and Materials, University of Biskra, BP 145, Biskra, 07000, Algeria

    Abdelouahab Tati

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Khechai, A., Tati, A. & Guettala, A. Numerical Study of the Effect of Presence of Geometric Singularities on the Mechanical Behavior of Laminated Plates. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 99, 717–728 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-017-0367-9

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