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flexional rigidity

flexional rigidity

flexional rigidity

(OP)
Hi,

I'm trying to make a Micro air vehicle with MFC(macro fiber composite). I would like to calculate the flexional rigidity of my MFC wich is D=E*h^3/(12*(1-nu^2) for a plate.

So I must have the young modulus E and the poisson's ratio "nu" but for the MFC, I have the young modulus E1 and E2 in the two directions and "nu12". How can I calculate the flexional rigidity?

Thanx,bye.

RE: flexional rigidity

Try searching first.

thread327-198657: Effective Modulus of PCB

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RE: flexional rigidity

(OP)
Hi Wes,

I had seen this post and I know how to calculate the A,B and D 's matrix. I have it done for other applications with my MFC.
But I don't see how it can help me to calculate the flexional rigidity. My goal is to calculate the resonance frequency of my MFC so I need this flexional rigidity. I have a logicial to do that but the reply seems to be false and I would like to check this.

If I do what you said in the other post, I find Ex and Ey but it doesn't help me or I don't understand how...

Thanx for your reply,
Elise.

RE: flexional rigidity

doudou,

If I understand well, you would like to determine the flexural modulus of your laminate. For a composite laminate there are 2 flexural moduli (Efxx and Efyy)and one torsional modulus.  The Flexural moduli are evaluated using the terms d11 and d22 of the compliance matrix.

Efxx = 12/(d11 t^3)
Efyy = 12/(d22 t^3)

where t = laminate thickness

You can find the demonstration of those equations in the Introduction to composite materials  S.W. Tsai  

Regards,

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