ANALYSIS OF THE INPLANE PROPERTIES OF HYBRID GLASS CARBON WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES/

In the present study, standard solutions for the in-plane stiffness pr operties of a satin weave are expanded to a symmetrical laminate solut ion. Arbitrary unit cell sizes and orientations can now be incorporate d. Once the properties of a single hybrid glass-carbon weave are estab lished, they can be used to explain the behaviour of the laminate. It is found that a 0/45/0 laminate provides the best in-plane stiffness p roperties when the thicknesses of the three layers are identical. It i s also shown that an error introduced to the angular orientation of th e layup can lead to a significant change in laminate behaviour. (C) 19 98 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.