Torsional Analysis Of A Composite I-beam

Author

Vishal Mukesh Smita Sanghavi

Graduation Semester and Year

2012

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Wen Chan

Abstract

A simple methodology for analysis of thin walled composite I-Beam subjected to free torsion and restrained torsion is developed. Classical Lamination Theory is extended from the laminate level to the structural level for analysis purpose.The developed expressions for shear center, equivalent torsional rigidity and equivalent warping rigidity for a composite mono-symmetric I-Beam depends on the material properties, ply stacking sequence, fiber orientation and geometryThe results from the proposed theory gives better agreement with the ANSYS^TM results than the traditional smeared property approach.

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Sanghavi, Vishal Mukesh Smita, "Torsional Analysis Of A Composite I-beam" (2012). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 341.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/341