EXP NO:10

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE LAMINATE

SHEET
AIM: -
To study and analyse the strengths of the composite laminate structure.
TOOLS REQUIRED: -
Mechanical APDL analysis system.
OBJECTIVE:
 To study structural characteristics of Composite Laminate.
 To study the structural strength of Composite Laminate.
PROCEDURE: -
1. Open Ansys Mechanical APDL.
2. Click on Preferences from the Main Menu and Check and set as the Structural
Option.
3. From the Main Menu, click on Pre-Processor > Elements Type > Add/Edit/Delete.
4. Click on Add and select Shell > 3D 4 node 181 and click on OK.
5. Click on Options, ensure to Storage of Layer Data is set as All Layers and click
OK.
6. Click on Material Properties > Material Model. Go into Material Model Number
> Structural > Linear > Elastic > Orthotropic. Set the values as EX equal to
126e9, EY equals to 11e9, EZ equal to 11e9, PRXY equal to 0.28, PRYZ equal to
0.28, PRXZ equal to 0.4, GXY and GXZ equal to 4800e6 and GYZ equal to
4300e9 for Linear Orthotropic properties of materials number 1 and assign Density
equal to 1600.
7. Under the Materials Tab, add New Model.
8. Click Material Model Number 2 > Structural > Linear > Elastic > Isotropic. Set
the parameters for isotropic properties of material number 2 as EX equal to 2E+11
and PRXY equal to 0.3 and assign as Density equal to 7400.
9. Go to Sections and click on Shell > Lay-Up > Add/Edit.
10. Click on Add layer to Add two more layers and Set Thickness of 0.001 in all
layers, Orientation 90 in first layer and Set Integration Pts as 3 for all the layers.
Click on Ok.
11. Click Modelling > Create > Areas > Rectangle > By Dimensions and put X-
coordinates as -0.02, 0.02 and Y-coordinates as -0.02, 0.02. Click on ok.
12. From Meshing > Mesh Tools, click on Mesh and Pick All.
13. Open Mesh Tools and select Nodes in the Refine option. Click on Pick All, change
the level of Refinement to 2 and Click on OK.
14. From the Menu Bar, click PlotCtrls > Style > Size and Shapes. Check on the display
of elements option & Click OK.
15. From Solutions > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Displacements > On
Lines, select Pick All > All DOF & Click on OK.
16. Select Structural > Force Moment > On Nodes and click on Pick All & assign the
following Force Moment.
17. Select Solutions > Solve > Current LS and click on OK to start the solutions.
18. Select General, Postprocess > Plot Result > Contour Plot > Nodal Solution and in
the stress dropdown menu, select VON MISES STRESS and click Apply to display
the stress.
COMPOSITE LAMINATE SHEET: -

COMPOSIT LAMINATE SHEET WITH FORCE MOMENTS: -

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RESULTS: -
The study and analyse of the strengths of the composite laminate structure are
observed and obtained. CONTOURS for VON MISES STRESS is displayed on the
sheet.
CONTOURS OF NODAL SOLUTIONS:-
VON MISES STRESS