Application of Hooke’s Law to Angle Ply Lamina

Abstract

Aerospace-grade carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite plates with four different fiber orientations 0º, 30º, 45ºand 60º is produced with the autoclave curing method and subjected to tensile testing. The stress-strain curves of the composite specimens are compared with Hooke’s law. It is observed that Hooke’s law coincides precisely with the experimental results for samples containing fibers parallel to the loading direction. However, it does not coincide with samples where the fibers make a certain angle with the applied load direction.. Moreover, it is reported that Hooke’s law converges the experimental results for small strain values but diverges significantly from the experimental results at higher strain values.