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Under the guidance of: Prof. D. N. Paliwal Applied mechanics department. Prof. K. K. Shukla. Applied mechanics department.
KEY WORDS
Composite materials. Laminated composites. Cross-ply and Angle-ply orientation. Modal analysis Shell 181.
SHELL 181
The Shell 181 element in ANSYS is a 4 node structural shell element.
It is well suited to relatively thin shell structures and it supports layered section modeling for laminated structures. This is ideal for modeling the carbon composite laminated structure . Shell181 element employs six degrees of freedom at each node including three translational degrees of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom.
Orientation of fibers.
2.Define materials.
Main Menu> Preprocessor> Material Props> Material Models
3.Generate mesh.
Main Menu> Preprocessor> Meshing> Mesh Tool
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
Model Problem : Find out the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a laminated composite square plate having length 400 mm for varying values of thickness, with different layers and at different support conditions. Solution : Modeling and Meshing : step-1 > Discipline of problem = Structure > linear > elastic > orthotropic.
Step-2 > Analysis type = Modal. (first 5 modes) Step-3 > Element type = Shell 181 Step -4> Number of layers = 3 and 4 Step-5 > Orientation of fibers=Angle-ply (45/-45/45/-45) and Cross-ply(0/90/0/90).With same thickness of all layers Solution and post processing :
Boundary conditions = Two edges are simply supported and other two supports are varied.(6 possible supports) Load = No external Loads (Only weight).
Natural frequencies of a square cross-ply (0/90/0/90) laminated composite plate with different support conditions
a/h 5 10 20 50 100
SSSS
SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC
8.953
9.191 10.215 3.426 3.792 5.153
12.214
14.870 17.400 3.755 4.253 6.199
14.032
17.222 23.285 3.802 4.376 6.471
14.936
18.650 30.180 3.882 4.430 6.761
15.071
18.829 33.942 3.909 4.585 6.783
Natural frequencies of a square cross-ply (0/90/0) laminated composite plate with different support conditions
SFSC
5.143
6.187
6.458
6.748
6.769
Natural frequencies of a square angle-ply (45/45/45) laminated composite plate with different support conditions
a/h
SSSS
SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC
5
10.560
11.085 10.937 4.162 6.558 6.591
10
17.959
19.318 18.217 5.770 9.039 9.223
20
20.167
25.919 24.822 6.758 11.126 11.180
50
22.854
27.709 27.818 7.404 11.736 12.674
100
24.524
29.137 28.370 7.715 12.287 13.227
Natural frequencies of a square angle-ply (45/45/45/ 45) laminated composite plate with different support conditions.
a/h
SSSS SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC 5 11.151 11.705 11.549 4.395 6.925 6.960 10 18.964 20.399 19.237 6.093 9.545 9.739 20 21.296 27.370 26.211 7.136 11.749 11.806 50 24.133 29.260 29.375 7.818 12.393 13.967 100 25.897 30.768 29.958 8.147 12.975 13.967
Natural frequencies of a square cross-ply (0/90/0/90)laminated composite plate with different support conditions. a/h
SSSS SSSC SCSC SFSF
100
13.271 9.507 18.581 7.7450
50
7.410 8.942 10.957 4.0728
20
3.881 4.70 5.815 2.062
10
1.587 1.92 2.376 .828
5
.799 .965 1.1926 .4142
SFSS
SFSC
8.808
9.51
4.749
5.18
2.441
2.669
.990
1.081
.496
.543
Natural frequencies of a square cross-ply (0/90/0)laminated composite plate with different support conditions.
a/h
SSSS
SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC
100
13.273
9.5143 18.519 7.779 8.809 9.514
50
7.412
8.939 10.954 4.071 4.748 5.178
20
3.882
4.703 5.818 2.0632 2.443 2.670
10
1.589
1.923 2.378 .829 .990 1.089
5
.797
.963 1.189 .413 .495 .541
Natural frequencies of a square angle-ply (45/-45/45/-45)laminated composite plate with different support conditions.
a/h
SSSS SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC
100
13.471 9.6 18.508 7.488 8.718 9.4217
50
7.595 9.051 10.965 3.912 4.729 5.160
20
3.997 4.778 5.830 1.9806 2.441 2.670
10
1.641 1.957 2.385 .795 .992 1.084
5
.827 .9855 1.198 .398 .498 .5445
Natural frequencies of a square cross-ply (45/-45/45/)laminated composite plate with different support conditions.
a/h
SSSS SSSC SCSC SFSF SFSS SFSC
100
13.473 9.5991 18.509 7.4842 8.7191 9.4226
50
7.5932 9.0494 10.962 3.9113 4.7288 5.1599
20
3.9994 4.7811 5.8332 1.9816 2.4423 2.6712
10
4 1.6429 1 1.9597 2.3880 0.79630 0.99278 1.0858
5
0.82471 0.98215 1.1949 0.39692 0.49677 0.54312
CONCLUSIONS
1. When comparing the same number of layers ,angle-plies have higher natural frequencies than cross-plies. 2. Increasing the number of layers causes a small difference between their natural frequencies. 3. It is seen that a cross-ply plate with SCSC boundary conditions, has a higher natural frequency than other types of boundary conditions . 4. For cross-ply , the natural frequencies of SFSF and SFSS boundary conditions are closer to each other and smaller than SFSC type. 5. As thickness Increases the natural frequency decreases.