Static Analysis of Composite Laminated Beam By First Order Shear Deformation Theory

B.R.Barhate, Dr. U.P. Waghe

Various displacement-based theories for laminated beams have been developed. Two approaches are usually adopted, one is without considering shear deformation and other is with shear deformation effect in the beam. Static analysis of composite laminated beam is presented in this work. Simply supported composite laminated beams are examined. Different values of aspect ratio of the beams, subjected to bending are considered for the analysis.  Classical beam models, such as Euler–Bernoulli’s and Timoshenko’s, are obtained as particular cases. The longitudinal normal displacement and corresponding normal stress are analysed for the composite laminated beam. Results are validated in terms of accuracy and computational costs with available solution.