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Item Postbuckling Response and Failure of Symmetric Laminated Plates with Rectangular Cutouts under Uni-axial Compression(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 2008) Singh, Shamsher BahadurThis paper deals with the buckling and postbuckling responses and the progressive failure of square symmetric laminates with rectangular cutouts under uniaxial compression. A detailed investigation is made to show the effects of cutout size and cutout aspect ratio on prebuckling and postbuckling responses, failure loads and failure characteristics of (+45/−45/0/90)2s, (+45/−45)4s and (0/90)4s laminates. The 3-D Tsai-Hill criterion is used to predict the failure of a lamina while the onset of delamination is predicted by the interlaminar failure criterion. In addition, the effects of boundary conditions on buckling load, failure loads, failure modes and maximum transverse deflection for a (+45/−45/0/90)2s laminate with and without cutout have also been presented. It is concluded that square laminates with small square cutouts have more postbuckling strength than without cutout, irrespective of boundary conditions.Item Postbuckling response and failure of symmetric laminated plates with rectangular cutouts under in-plane shear(Techno Press, 2010-01-30) Singh, Shamsher BahadurThis paper deals with the buckling and postbuckling responses, and the progressive failure of square laminates of symmetric lay-up with a central rectangular cutout under in-plane shear load. A detailed investigation is made to show the effects of cutout size and cutout aspect ratio on the buckling and postbuckling responses, failure loads and failure characteristics of (+45/-45/0/90)2s, (+45/-45)4s and (0/90)4s laminates. The 3-D Tsai-Hill criterion is used to predict the failure of a lamina while the onset of delamination is predicted by the interlaminar failure criterion. In addition, the effects of boundary conditions on buckling loads, failure loads, failure modes, and maximum transverse deflection for a (+45/-45/0/90)2s laminate with and without a square cutout have been presented. It is concluded that because of early onset of delamination at the net section of cutouts before first-ply failure, total strength of the laminate with very small cutouts can not be utilized.Item Cutout shape and size effects on response of quasi-isotropic composite laminate under uni-axial compression(Techno Press, 2010-06) Singh, Shamsher BahadurCutouts are often provided in structural and aircraft components for ventilation, for access, inspection, electric lines and fuel lines or sometimes to lighten the structure. This paper addresses the effects of cutout shape (i.e., circular, square, diamond, elliptical-vertical and elliptical-horizontal) and size on buckling and postbuckling response of quasi-isotropic (i.e., (+45/−45/0/90)2s) composite laminate under uni-axial compression. The finite element method is used to carry out the investigation. The formulation is based on first order shear deformation theory and von Karman