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Elastic bending of steel-polymer-steel (SPS) laminates to a constant curvature

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posted on 2006-07-01, 00:00 authored by Matthias WeissMatthias Weiss, Bernard RolfeBernard Rolfe, Matthew Dingle, J Duncan
The shear strain of the interlayer in the elastic regime for a Steel-Polymer-Steel (SPS) laminate material has been studied during bending to a constant curvature. An analytical model is developed and the influence of process parameters are analyzed. The tension in the cover sheets is also determined and, finally, a moment diagram is calculated. The results show that the moment in the SPS laminate is nonuniform along the bent strip even though the curvature is constant because of the tension and compression forces introduced in the cover sheets by the shear reaction force of the interlayer material.

History

Journal

Journal of applied mechanics.

Volume

73

Issue

4

Pagination

574 - 579

Publisher

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Location

New York, N.Y.

ISSN

0021-8936

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2006, American Society of Mechanical Engineers