Uniform fields, yielding, and thermal hardening in fibrous composite laminates (Q1208985)

A uniform strain field is found in fibrous composite laminates with isotropic matrix and transversely isotropic fiber under uniform phase thermal strains and overall uniform stresses which are functions of thermoelastic properties of the phases. The only restriction on the structure of the laminate is that the plies be identical except for the fiber orientation. Thermoelastic properties of the phases are functions of temperature. The resulting uniform strain field in the laminate is isotropic. The corresponding stress field is uniform and isotropic in the transverse plane of each lamina and piecewise uniform in the longitudinal direction. Examples of thermal hardening in intermetallic matrix composite laminates are shown.