Thermal and Mechanical Analysis of Bimodular Beam

Abstract

"The paper demonstrates the analysis of cantilever beam having dissimilar modularity in tensile and compressive tests liable with thermal and mechanical loading. The prime objective is to evaluate the governing differential equations to determine the displacements of the bimodular beam under combined loading of force and temperature. Also, the impact of ply lay-up and influence of residual thermal stresses and elastic loading on the cantilever bimodulus beam has been computed. Stress and flux analyses of beam made up of laminated Fiber Reinforced Polymeric (FRP) composite are computed with the help of Finite Element Analysis. The results show that the stresses and flux is increases with the advancement in bond length.