Prediction of Engineering Constants of GFRP Angle Lamina

Syed Altaf Hussain*, B. Sidda Reddy**, A.V. Hari Babu***
* Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering & Technology, Nandyal, A.P.
** Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Eng& Tech, Nandyal, A.P
*** Assistant Prof, Dept. of Mech Eng, Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Eng&Tech,Nandyal, A.P
Periodicity:November - January'2009
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.4.2.525

Abstract

Composite materials are engineered materials, are made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical and chemical properties. FRP composites are slowly emerging from the realm of advanced materials and are replacing conventional materials in a variety of applications. In the present work the mechanical properties Ex, Ey, vxy, vyz, vzx and Gxy of continuous fiber GFRP angle ply lamina (Specially orthotropic lamina) are determined for three different fiber volume fractions using finite element method. A finite element model incorporating the necessary boundary conditions is developed and is solved using commercially available FEA package. A neural network model was developed using Neuro Intelligence package. The data set obtained from the FEA package was employed for training, validating and testing the neural networking model. The results obtained from the ANN architecture have been compared with the FEM results and some conclusions have been made.

Keywords

Engineering Constants, GFRP Lamina, Finite Element Method, Artificial Neural Networks

How to Cite this Article?

Syed Altaf Hussain, B. Sidda Reddy and A.V. Hari Babu (2009). Prediction of Engineering Constants of GFRP Angle Lamina. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 4(2), 64-70. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.4.2.525

References

[1]. R L McCullough. 'Micromodels for Composite Materials ¾ Continuous Fibre Composites'. in 'Delaware Composite Design Encyclopedia'. Vol 2, Technomic Publishing Company, 1990
[2]. J C Halpin. 'Primer on Composites Materials Analysis'. Second Edition,Lancaster: Technomic, 1992, pp.153-192
[3]. M H Zheng. 'Simulation of the Engineering constants of Fibrous Composites by the Bridging Micromechanical Model'. Composite-Part A, Vol 32, 2001,pp.143-172
[4]. C T Sun and R S Vaidya. 'Prediction of Composite Properties from a Representative Volume Element'. Composites Science and Technology, Vol 56, 1996, pp 171-179.
[5]. S T Pericles, G E Stavroulakis and P D Pnagiotopoulos. 'Calculation of Effective Transverse Elastic Moduli of Fibre-reinforced Composites by Numerical Homogenization'. Composites Science and Technology, Vol 57, 1997, pp 573- 586.
[6]. A Sreeramamurthy. 'Finite Element Modeling of Stress-Strain Behaviour of Composite Materials ¾ An Overview'. Advances in Composite Materials, Oxford & IBH Publishing Company Pvt Ltd, 1991, pp. 513-524.
[7]. Issac M. Daniel and Ori Ishai 'Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials' Oxford university press,1994.
[8]. Chen, C. H, and Cheng, S., 1970, “Mechanical properties of anisotropic fiber reinforced Composites”, Trans. ASME Jou. of Applied Mechanics,. 37(1)1,pp.186-189.
[9].Hashin, Z, and Rosen BW., 1964, “The elastic moduli of fiber reinforced materials”, Trans. ASME Jou. Applied Mechanics, 31, pp. 223-232.
[10].Hashin, Z., 1965, “On elastic behavior of fiber-reinforced materials of arbitrary transverse phase geometry”, Jou. of the mechanics and physics of solids, 13, pp.119-134.
[11]. Whitney, J. M., 1967, “Elastic moduli of unidirectional composites with anisotropic filaments”, Jou. of Composite Materials, 1, pp.188-193.
[12]. Takashi Ishiwaka, Koyama, K., and Kobayashi, S., 1977, “Elastic moduli of carbon-epoxy composites and carbon fibers”, Jou. of Composite Materials, 11, pp.332-344.
13]. Gorji, M., and Mirzadeh, F., 1989, “Theoretical prediction of the Thermo elastic Properties and thermal stresses in unidirectional composites”, Jou. Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 8, pp.232-258.
[14]. Hyer, M.W., 1998, “Stress Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials”, Mc. GRAW- HILL International edition.
[15]. ALYUDA 2005. Neurointelligence Manual, http://www.alyuda.com
If you have access to this article please login to view the article or kindly login to purchase the article

Purchase Instant Access

Single Article

North Americas,UK,
Middle East,Europe
India Rest of world
USD EUR INR USD-ROW
Online 15 15

Options for accessing this content:
  • If you would like institutional access to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
    Library Recommendation Form
  • If you already have i-manager's user account: Login above and proceed to purchase the article.
  • New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.