Thermal residual stresses in simply supported thermoplastic laminated plates under a parabolic temperature distribution

In the present study, a thermal elastic-plastic stress analysis is carried out on simply supported symmetric cross-ply [0/90]2 and angle-ply [30/30]2, [45/45]2, and [60/60]2 thermoplastic laminated plates. The temperature changes parabolically along the thickness of the plates. It is T0 and T0 at the upper and lower surfaces, respectively. The composite material is assumed to be linear strain hardening. An analytical solution is performed for satisfying the thermal elastic-plastic stress-strain relationship and boundary conditions for small plastic deformations. The Tsai-Hill theory is used as a yield criterion. The elastic-plastic solution is carried out for small plastic deformations. The residual stress distributions along the thickness of the plates are obtained. © 2006 SAGE Publications