An Analytical Elastic-Plastic Stress Analysis for a Steel Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Beam Subjected to Thermal Loading

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a thermal elastic-plastic stress analysis on a steel fibre reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite beam fixed at its to ends. Temperature varying linearly is chosen at the upper and lower surfaces to be zero and T0, respectively. The solution is performed at 0, 60, 75 and 90° orientation angles. Plastic yielding does not occur at 30 and 45° orientation angles. It is found that the intensity of the residual stress component of σx and the equivalent plastic strain are maximum at the lower surface of the beam. The intensity of the residual stress is maximum at 0° orientation angle. The intensity of the equivalent plastic strain is found to be the greatest at 60° orientation angle.