ASSIGMENT-4 Dated: 04 Oct, 2013 Submitted by Anushri P Joshi ( AE13M014) Gopikrishna R (AE13M011)

Problem Statement:
To find the fundamental frequency of a composite square plate with appropriate simply supported edges. The thickness of the plate is h mm. The plate is antisymmetric cross-ply of different numbers of layers: (0/90), (0/90)2, (0/90)6, (0/90). The effect of in plane inertias for all cases except for two layered laminate (0/90) is neglected. The properties of the layers are given as follows EL/ET = 25, GLT/ET = 0.5, LT = 0.25 Using above relation the term needs to be calculated

Solution:
According to the Naviers solution for regular anti-symmetric cross-ply, the laminate is subjected to S2 boundary conditions. The corresponding displacement functions assumed for u, v, w displacements are

where is the natural frequency of the composite laminate.

Results :
Case I : In plane inertia neglected. The terms for different cases are as follows 9.696512 14.05062 15.10153 15.22749

Antisymmetric Cross Ply with two layers Antisymmetric Cross Ply with four layers Antisymmetric Cross Ply with twelve layers Antisymmetric Cross Ply with infinite layers

Case II : In plane inertia is considered For Antisymmetric Cross-Ply with two layers Minimum values of 1) (a/h) = 10 2) (a/h) = 100 9.65015 10.3970 for different (a/h) ratios are as follows

Description:
Case II : In plane inertia is considered For Antisymmetric Cross-Ply with two layers following determinant equation is obtained
(4.0*10^(-15)*(4.1803*10^20*Et^3*h1^5 - 4.4462*10^18*Et^2*Rh*a^4*h1^2*omg^2 1.1137*10^19*Et^2*Rh*a^2*h1^4*omg^2 + 6.6783*10^16*Et*Rh^2*a^6*h1*omg^4 + 5.7969*10^16*Et*Rh^2*a^4*h1^3*omg^4 - 2.5*10^14*Rh^3*a^8*omg^6))/a^8 = 0

When this determinant equation is solved for

) considering given

values of (a/h) following values are obtained.The minimum value is considered for fundamental frequency. Higher terms are neglected. 1) (a/h)=10 1) (a/h)=100 = 9.65015 or 118.000 or 113.5532 = 10.3970 or 1193.7938 or 1116.7809