DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED COMPOSITE MARINE STRUCTURES (3RD REPORT: APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR ANISOTROPIC LAMINATED MATERIALS)

The paper describes the development of a computer aided design and manufacturing system for advanced composite marine structures, that is, shell structures in which stiffness and strength for outplane pressure and lightweight are achieved by making efficient use of advanced composite materials. A finite element is formulated as a thick shell element, in which special attention is paid to the anisotropic principal axes, which is one of the most important characteristics of composite materials. This formulation allows the fibre direction in an element to be changed by using the shape function for the anisotropic principal axes. Some examples are demonstrated, and it shows that the developed system is effective in analysing anisotropic laminated materials.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • J Soc Naval Arch Japan, v 178, Dec 1995, p 593 [7 p, 7 ref, 14 fig]
• Authors:
  • Takatoya, T
  • Suzuki, K
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• Japanese

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite materials; Computer aided design; Computer aided manufacturing; Finite element method; Laminates
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00732615
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1997 12:00AM