04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity
STOCHASTIC BUCKLING ANALYSES OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES UNDER HYGROTHERMAL, GEOMETRIC AND MATERIAL UNCERTAINTIES MODELED AS NON-GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS
H.E.A.A. Santos, Embraer S.A., Brazil; D.A. Rade, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil
The paper proposes the evaluation of the effect of stochastic space-dependent temperature and moisture variations on the buckling response of laminated composite plates, considering both Gaussian and non-Gaussian random fields. Discussions and conclusions are brought justifying the importance of incorporating environmental uncertainties in the analysis and design of aerospace composite structures.