Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Laminate Orientation Code 1.2.1 Standard Laminate Code 1.2.2 Basic Condensed Code 1.2.3 Specific Condensed Code 1.2.4 Summary 1.3 Influences of Material Orthotropy on Experimental Characterization 1.3.1 Material and Geometric Coordinates 1.3.2 Stress-Strain Relations for Anisotropic Materials 1.4 Typical Unidirectional Composite Properties References 2 Analysis of Composite Materials 2.1 Constitutive Relations 2.1.1 Transformation of Stresses and Strains 2.1.2 Hygrothermal Strains 2.2 Micromechanics 2.2.1 Stiffness Properties of Unidirectional Composites 2.2.2 Expansion Coefficients 2.3 Laminated Plate Theory 2.4 St.Venant's Principle and End Effects in Composites 2.5 Lamina Strength Analysis 2.5.1 Maximum Stress Failure Criterion 2.5.2 Maximum Strain Failure Criterion 2.5.3 Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion 2.6 Laminate Strength Analysis 2.7 Fracture Mechanics Concepts 2.8 Strength of Composite Laminates Containing Holes References 3 Processing of Composite Laminates 3.1 Processing of Thermoset Composites 3.1.1 Autoclave Molding 3.1.2 Resin Transfer Molding of Thermoset Composites 3.1.2.1 Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding(VARTM)Processing ©2003 by CRC Press LLCTable of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Laminate Orientation Code 1.2.1 Standard Laminate Code 1.2.2 Basic Condensed Code 1.2.3 Specific Condensed Code 1.2.4 Summary 1.3 Influences of Material Orthotropy on Experimental Characterization 1.3.1 Material and Geometric Coordinates 1.3.2 Stress–Strain Relations for Anisotropic Materials 1.4 Typical Unidirectional Composite Properties References 2 Analysis of Composite Materials 2.1 Constitutive Relations 2.1.1 Transformation of Stresses and Strains 2.1.2 Hygrothermal Strains 2.2 Micromechanics 2.2.1 Stiffness Properties of Unidirectional Composites 2.2.2 Expansion Coefficients 2.3 Laminated Plate Theory 2.4 St. Venant’s Principle and End Effects in Composites 2.5 Lamina Strength Analysis 2.5.1 Maximum Stress Failure Criterion 2.5.2 Maximum Strain Failure Criterion 2.5.3 Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion 2.6 Laminate Strength Analysis 2.7 Fracture Mechanics Concepts 2.8 Strength of Composite Laminates Containing Holes References 3 Processing of Composite Laminates 3.1 Processing of Thermoset Composites 3.1.1 Autoclave Molding 3.1.2 Resin Transfer Molding of Thermoset Composites 3.1.2.1 Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) Processing TX001_FM_Frame Page 13 Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:46 AM © 2003 by CRC Press LLC