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    Radius Bridging Issue

    There are silicone plugs to use on edges in order to apply locally the pressure necessary to avoid fibre bridging.
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    Resources for learning about aircraft structural design using composites?

    Take a look at Kassapoglou's books edited by Wiley Cpinz
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    It was noted that it's difficult ( referred to DIY structures of course... not for a commercial aircraft where it's common) to layup UD in the shear web... not in spar caps, where it would be preferable ( for the reasons explained above). Also for homebuilts to check for buckling is mandatory...
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    I think that the use of ud tape for caps is more appropriate than fabric. Uni- has no kinks as happens with warp and weft of fabric, so more alligned fiber, better fiber volume fraction and higher strenght. The value of E1=70 GPa that you cite, if referred to fabrics , seems too high. Anyway...
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    Maybe I will misunderstand again, but are you saying that the caps ( that is the section of the beam wich resists tension and compression), are made with woven fabric oriented at 0/90 along the spar axis ? The fact that you have different moduli in two direction doesn't explain why the cap's...
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    L.L = limit load U.L. = ultimate load = 1.5*L.L For composite construction additional safety factors must be taken in account based on surfaces color, and in case of static tests executed or not at high temperature. Therefore 150% could not be the ultimte load. It sounds strange that upper...
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    For a one-seat homebuilt, designed according to EAA,ASTM-LSA, BCAR, or LTF rules ( I strongly suggest you to take a look at them..), you will find that a conservative design ( from shear strenght viewpoint at ultimate load) for shear web of a wing supposed cantilever type, will give you 4 layers...
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    Shear Stress on Composite Beam (Divinycell + CFRP)

    Hi, although your final application is not clear ( rc model, homebuilt airplane,...??) , SWcomposites's advice holds in general. Your spar web will be loaded in shear ( then +-45° fabric) and spar caps ( located where..?) will be loaded in tension/ compression. It's is good practice (...
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    Resin Infusion Voids

    Never change temperature during infusion, start the process at the temperature held possibily constant at the value prescribed by the technical sheet (generally T>15°C ) Slow down the resin flow close to vacuum line placing the vacuum tubing at 50-60 mm from the laminate edge ( dont' place it...
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    Vacuum Infusion: Increasing Fiber Volume Fraction

    What's that Soric for ? Is it intended as flow media ? If yes ,remove it. 6 layer can be easily infused with a normal flow media meshe available in different size an permeability.Of course your resin is intended for infusion and not for hand layup Then, starting from the mould: - mold release -...
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    Torsional stiffness of rectangular plate

    SW, - I didn't use the fem to determine G modulus;I used it only to check the angle of torsion; I compared this value with that obtained from two hand calculation where I used the G moduli obtained from a66 (G_membranal)first and b66 (G_bending) then. -"you do not have a case of pure...
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    Torsional stiffness of rectangular plate

    Hi Brian, thank you for your quick reply. I did the same, and I reached the same conclusion ( laminate is symmetric and balanced). After some hand calculation and some runs on ABD matrix, I run a simple case on fem; cross-checking all procedures I saw that, effectively, d66 terms influence G...
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    Torsional stiffness of rectangular plate

    Hi all, a response to the following general problem would be appreciated very much. I have a rectangular plate made of n plies , its section is rectangular . Long edges aligned with x axis, short ones with y axis It is constrained (built in) at its left edge, free on other edges; pure torque...
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    Carbon Fiber Fabrics 3k-135-8h

    RPstress, much appreciated your pointing out the errors of document. Thank you.
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    Carbon Fiber Fabrics 3k-135-8h

    ...."Can someone advice me on the subject."... "Simple" request for a (very) difficult answer in one or more posts..! Just to start ...look at NASA Reference Publication 1351 titled " Basic mechanics of laminated composite plates"; you find it on internet. Hope it will be useful. Cpinz
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