Macromechanics of a Laminate

This chapter covers the stacking of single laminae, generally under different angles, to a so-called laminate. Based on the approach of the classical laminate theory, a simplified stress analysis and a subsequent failure analysis are derived, without the solution of the system of coupled differential equations for the unknown displacements in the three coordinate directions. This theory provides the solution of the statically indeterminate system based on generalized stress–strain relationship under consideration of the constitutive relationship and the definition of the so-called stress resultants.