EFFECTS OF RANDOM MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON BUCKLING OF COMPOSITE PLATES

Composites exhibit a considerable amount of variation in their material properties because their fabrication/manufacturing process involves a large number of parameters that cannot be controlled effectively. In the present study, the material properties have been modeled as random variables for better prediction of the system behavior. The classical laminate theory and first-order and higher-order shear deformation theories have been employed in deriving the governing equations for buckling of laminated rectangular plates. A mean-centered first-order perturbation technique has been used to find the second-order statistics of the buckling load. The approach has been validated by comparison with results of Monte Carlo simulation. Typical results have been presented for a plate with all edges simply supported. The effectiveness of the theories in predicting the buckling load dispersions has been examined. The sensitivity of buckling loads to change in the standard deviation of random material properties and ...

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