Volume 20, Issue 2, 2011

LETTER: LINEARIZED MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF NONLINEAR INTERFACIAL CONTACT FOR LAYERED COMPOSITES

C. E. Lord, J. A. Rongong and A. Hodzic

University of Sheffield, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mappin Street, S1 3JD United Kingdom

Received 13 July 2010; accepted 2 February 2011

ABSTRACT
In this paper an analytical model is presented for the prediction of displacement fields for naturally debonded composites. Focused research on the area of naturally debonded composites has resulted in an approach that can be used to efficiently and accurately predict their behaviour under static and dynamic bending conditions. This analytical approach is accomplished through the examination, and the inclusion, of the interfacial kinematics and mechanics.

Keywords: interfacial friction, ESL theories, layered composite, debonded interface