23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-3.2.3

ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO COMPOSITE BEAM ANALYSIS

O. Rand, V. Rovenski
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Keywords: anisotropic beam, composite beam, analytical methods

The paper presents an analytical model, formulation and solution method for an anisotropic beam under generic distribution of loads. The most generic constitutive relations are assumed. The loads are expressed as generic functions over the cross--sections and as polynomials in the spanwise direction. The overall solution if formulated as recursive procedure. The present formulation is capable of capturing fine and detailed phenomena such as relatively small stress distributions and free edge effects.

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