MEC613: MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

MINI PROJECT
FAILURE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE PLATE UNDER BIAXIAL TENSION

Deadline: 31 December 2019

Objective:

 To perform First Ply Failure and Last Ply Failure analysis of composite plate under
biaxial tension using selected Failure Criterion
 To determine the Mode of Failure (where applicable)
 To plot and analyse Failure Envelope for selected Failure Criterion
 To produce a good technical report

CASE STUDY: BIAXIAL TENSION OF A COMPOSITE LAMINATE (REFER TO TOLSON &

ZABARAS, 1991 & LAB #4)

Plate Geometry:

A laminate is under consideration

a) Composite plate under biaxial tension – Case 1, Case 2 or Case 3

The size of the plate is according to the standard sample.

Lamination Scheme

The laminate consists of a few layers, where the layup studied is according to Case 1, Case 2 or Case 3
from published study (Tolson & Zabaras, 1991).

Boundary Condition

According to Tensile Test.

Material Properties:

According to published study (Tolson & Zabaras, 1991).

Table 1 Material properties for boron/epoxy [Tolson & Zabaras, 1991]

Elastic parameter Strength data

E1 xx.18 GPa XT xxx MPa
E2 = E3 xx.18 GPa XC xx0 MPa
𝝊12=𝝊23=𝝊13 x.11 YT x20 MPa
G12= G23= 1x533 GPa YC x50 MPa
G13
S x06 MPa

SELECTED FAILURE CRITERION

ANSYS: MAXIMUM STRESS THEORY

ANSYS: TSAI WU FAILURE CRITERION

RESULTS & DISCUSSION

o Tables for FPF, LPF and Maximum displacements based on selected failure
criterion (xls)
o Graphs for FPF, LPF and Maximum displacements based on selected failure
criterion (xls)

Example:
 Figure x: Failure Envelope using ….. Failure Criterion

(Refer to published study (Tolson & Zabaras, 1991)).

METHODOLOGY

 STAGE 1: VALIDATION

 STAGE 2: FAILURE ANALYSIS

REPORTING – Harcopy + CD (inclusive of Report in word.doc + Samples of

(Please refer to the Report Guideline & Rubric)

Write a report, which consist of short description of the problem, the diagrams where necessary, data
as required and the summary. The results should consist of the value of the failure loads. Conclude
your report by presenting the best computational model for the above-stated problem.

SUBMISSION OF REPORT –

 Manuscript (Harcopy)
 CD (Inclusive of)
o Manuscript in word.doc
o ANSYS models (*.cae)
o Raw data in xls template
o Graphs in xls
 MANUSCRIPT

FAILURE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE LAMINATE UNDER BIAXIAL

TENSION
Full Name and Jamaluddin Mahmud
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA,
40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
E-mail: … & jm@uitm.edu.my

ABSTRACT
Intro
Problem Statement
Objective
Methodology
Results and Discussion
Conclusion

Keywords:

INTRODUCTION
Background
Literature Review (10 – 15 references)
Problem Statement
Objective
Significance

METHODOLOGY
STAGE 1: VALIDATION

STAGE 2: FAILURE ANALYSIS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

STAGE 1: VALIDATION

STAGE 2: FAILURE ANALYSIS

Table x: First Ply Failure (FPF) Load

Layup

Total Pressure on line

Pressure on line, Nx 0
Pressure on line, Ny 0

Total Load, P (N)

Load, Px (N) 0
Load, Py (N) 0

Total Stress (MPa)

Stress σx (MPa) 0
Stress σy (MPa) 0

Mode of Failure

Max x
Max y
Max z
 Table x: Last Ply Failure (LPF) Load
Layup

Total Pressure on line

Pressure on line, Nx
Pressure on line, Ny
Total Load, P (N)
Load, Px (N)
Load, Py (N)
Total Stress (MPa)
Stress σx (MPa)
Stress σy (MPa)
Mode of Failure

Max x
Max y
Max z

Figure x: Failure Envelope using ….. Failure Criterion

(Refer to published study (Tolson & Zabaras, 1991)).

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This work is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia and Universiti
Teknologi MARA (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, grant no 600 - RMI/FRGS 5/3
(80/2014)).

REFERENCES

MAIN REFERENCE:

Tolson & Zabaras, 1991 …..

NN Noh, AH Samsudin and J Mahmud, Failure Analysis of Glass/Epoxy and Graphite/Epoxy

Laminates, due to the Effect of Variation in Lamination Scheme and Angle of Fibre Orientation,
Materials Science Forum, Vol. 889, pp 36-44 (2017).

AH Samsudin, AK Hussain and J Mahmud, Deformation and Failure Analysis of Symmetric and
Antisymmetric Graphite/epoxy Laminate Due To Variations In Fiber Orientation,
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J Mahmud, AF Ismail and T Pervez. Employing a failure criterion with interaction terms to simulate
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