Improved thermo-mechanical-viscoelastic analysis of laminated composite structures via the enhanced Lo-Christensen-Wu theory in the laplace domain

An enhanced Lo-Christensen-Wu (LCW) theory is defined in the Laplace domain to predict the thermo-mechanical-viscoelastic behavior of long-term composite structures. The primary objective herein is to systematically extract the computational benefits of the conventional LCW and fifth-order zigzag mo...

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Published inMechanics of advanced materials and structures Vol. 30; no. 14; pp. 2899 - 2915
Main Authors Nguyen, Sy-Ngoc, Cho, Maenghyo, Kim, Jun-Sik, Han, Jang-Woo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 18.07.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Composite structures
Domains
Laminar composites
Laminated composite structures
Laplace transform
mixed variational theorem
thermo-mechanical-viscoelastic analysis
Thermomechanical analysis
transverse normal strain effect
Viscoelasticity
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Summary:An enhanced Lo-Christensen-Wu (LCW) theory is defined in the Laplace domain to predict the thermo-mechanical-viscoelastic behavior of long-term composite structures. The primary objective herein is to systematically extract the computational benefits of the conventional LCW and fifth-order zigzag model via the mixed variational theorem (MVT). Furthermore, the Laplace transform is employed to circumvent the numerical complexity of viscoelastic analysis. The relationships between the two fields were derived using the MVT constraint equations in the Laplace domain. Consequently, the proposed theory has the C 0 -based computational benefits as the conventional LCW, while improving the solution accuracy for long-term thermo-mechanical-viscoelastic behaviors.
ISSN:1537-6494
1537-6532
DOI:10.1080/15376494.2022.2064571