Download or read book The Effect of Fiber Orientation and Laminate Layup on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite written by Deepak Kumar Pokkalla and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composite materials are materials with two or more distinct macroscopic phases which together result in a structure with properties which are not achievable with any of the individual constituents. Fiber-reinforced composites are specifically those based on fiber-reinforced polymers and combine the best of the materials inheriting high stiffness and strength. Laminates are composites in which different layers of materials give them a specific character to perform a particular function. In the present study, the effect of fiber orientation and stacking sequence on deflection and stresses in laminae has been investigated using an analytical approach derived from the stress-strain relationship of laminae. The analytical approach hence derived is used to find deflection of beam as well as longitudinal, lateral and shear stresses. The effect of laminate layup on deflection and stresses in laminae is derived and their variation with fiber orientation is presented for different laminate configurations. Failure in composites is analyzed using Maximum Stress and Tsai-Hill Criteria.