In Chapter 13 of [Sof04a] one considers the equilibrium in direction of a small portion of the material (Figure II.1.4) of lengths and respectively:
Similarly, the equilibrium of a portion of the full laminate is given globally by the expression:
Then, in Chapter 13 of [Sof04a], developments are done to calculate the relations between and . All the developments are based on the local equilibrium relation.
In this document, a more general presentation of the out-of-plane shear behavior of laminates is done. The and components of in-plane local equilibrium are written as follows:
(II.1.34) |
(II.1.35) |
Correspondingly, a global equilibrium is expressed by the two equations:
(II.1.36) |
(II.1.37) |
Those equations shall be developed and will ultimately allow the calculation of and from the global shear and .