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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 67
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MATERIALS, COMPOSITES AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper VIII.1

Crippling Analysis of Composite Stringers based on Complete Unloading Method

J-H. Kweon

School of Transport Vehicle Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Kyongnam, Korea

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J-H. Kweon, "Crippling Analysis of Composite Stringers based on Complete Unloading Method", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Computational Techniques for Materials, Composites and Composite Structures", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 311-317, 2000. doi:10.4203/ccp.67.8.1
Abstract
This paper addresses a nonlinear finite element method for the crippling analysis of composite laminated stringers. Composite stringer is idealized by the nine-node laminated shell element based on the first order shear deformation theory. The stiffness degradation by the local failure is simulated by the complete unloading method. A modified arc-length algorithm is incorporated into the nonlinear finite element method to trace the post-failure equilibrium path after local buckling. Finite element results are compared with those by experiments and show the excellent agreement. A parametric study is performed to assess the effect of the flange-width, web-height, and stacking sequence on the buckling, local buckling, and crippling stresses of stringers.

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