Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
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Hi there,
Last week I took a course about composites materials. They showed us two carbon fiber strips but from the same plate. One was cut at 0/90º and the other at +/-45º. Same thickness.
So the 0/90º was stiffer (to bend) than the +/-45.
I don't understand why. The 0/90 has only one direction of fibers working (along the main axis). The +/-45 has both directions of fibers helping (ca 40% better, square root of 2). I don't get it.
Is it because the fibers are ending on the lateral edges?
Why is 0/90 stiffer?
thanks
regards,
Last week I took a course about composites materials. They showed us two carbon fiber strips but from the same plate. One was cut at 0/90º and the other at +/-45º. Same thickness.
So the 0/90º was stiffer (to bend) than the +/-45.
I don't understand why. The 0/90 has only one direction of fibers working (along the main axis). The +/-45 has both directions of fibers helping (ca 40% better, square root of 2). I don't get it.
Is it because the fibers are ending on the lateral edges?
Why is 0/90 stiffer?
thanks
regards,





RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
Brian
www.espcomposites.com
RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
Unfortunately I don't understand the matrix
My reasoning about the fiber direction is not right? where is the problem?
thanks
RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
In a 0/90 laminate the resin carries very little load and its function is primarily to keep the fibers from buckling.
RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
- The axial and bending stiffness of the laminate is simply (and directly) determined via classical laminate theory (CLT); there are no complex physical phenomena going on. For each ply, you must determine the stiffness properties in the transformed system (which is the matrix above). Any composite book will show you how this is done. The axial stiffness of the laminate is represented by the summation of each ply's stiffness contribution. The bending stiffness is represented by the stiffness of each ply and its area moment of inertia contribution (position within the ply). These are known as the [A] and [D] matrices (and [a], [d] matrices). The first point is that you can not just use the "square root of 2" approach since the order of the terms for a stiffness transformation is not 2nd order (it is 4th order). Again, look you will need to first understand the posted equation and how it is developed (for the primary contribution for the 45 ply, it is 0.707^4 = 0.25, not 0.707^2 = 0.5). The second point is that for bending you must also consider the inertia effect and the fact that neutral axis for the 0/90 is not at the midsurface (its closer to the center of the 0 ply) while the neutral axis for the 45/-45 is at the midsurface (so there is a bit more going on).
P.S. Because this is a stiffness problem (and not a strength problem), you do not need to consider any complex effects (interlaminar effects, etc.). You simply treat each ply as a rotated homogeneous orthotropic material (note that an off-axis ply has shear-extension coupling); fortunately, this has been shown to correlate well to experimental data. If you are discussing strength, then all bets are off; there is a more complex interaction between the plies that needs to be accounted for. But that is an entirely different topic; there have been several threads dedicated to that in the past.
RE: Strength +/-45 vs 0/90
Thank you everybody for the answers, it is now clearer
PD: Indeed, I made a mistake with the tittle