26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.3.1

APPROXIMATIONS FOR FULLY ISOTROPIC LAMINATE CONFIGURATIONS

C. B. York
Univ. of Glasgow, UK

Keywords: Bending Isotropy, Lamination Parameters, Stacking Sequences

To quantitatively characterise composite laminate stacking sequences, of the sort commonly used in aircraft and spacecraft construction, which approximate isotropic material in both extensional (in-plane) and bending (out-of-plane) behaviour. This type of material provides the behavioural characteristics of metals with the superior lightness and strength of carbon fibre laminated composites.

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