Effect of tensile and compressive nonlinear edge loads on the buckling performance of hybrid metal composite laminates with cutouts

Abstract

In the current study, the finite element approach has been used to investigate the effect of compression and tension types of nonlinear edge loads on the vibration and buckling performance of interlaminar hybrid fiber metal laminates (HFMLs) with and without cutouts. The effect of various hybridizations in cross ply, angle ply and quasi isotropic laminate schemes is studied extensively. Toward this a 9-noded heterosis plate element has been used to discretize the plate by taking into account the effect of shear deformation and rotary inertia. Since the stress distribution within the plate is highly non-uniform in nature, the dynamic approach has been used to solve the buckling problems. The present study consists of aluminum metal face sheets bounded with four layered hybrid laminate schemes, which includes glass and carbon layers. In which, six different hybrid configurations have been considered. The performance of each hybrid configuration along with different sized and positioned cutouts is well investigated under various nonlinear loading conditions, which are compressive and tensile in nature.