Classical Laminate Theory
Consider an orthotropic material:
Lamina stiffness given by:
where:
and:
Modulus in material's 1-direction
Modulus in material's 2-direction
Shear modulus
Poisson's effect of 2-direction on 1
Poisson's effect of 1-direction on 2
in vector form:
Consider the transformation matrix:
where:
Note also the inverse of T:
Hence,
Premultiplying by :
From above,
Where is the Global Stiffness matrix.
In long hand:
Strain in this layer given by:
where k is the curvature.