Residual stress analysis and expansion of plastic zone in clamped supported aluminum metal-matrix laminated plates with a circular hole under transverse loading


Aykul H.

JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.5-20, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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In this paper, a residual stress analysis and expansion of plastic zone in metal-matrix composite laminated plates with a circular hole are studied by using Finite Element Method. Aluminum metal-matrix and steel fibers are used to produce the composite plates by using mould. Mathematical formulation is given for the elastic-plastic stress analysis of a laminated plate under transverse loads for small deformation. The first-order shear deformation theory is used in this study. The expansion of plastic zone is illustrated for 300, 600 and 900 loading steps.