PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Heinze, Peter
TI  - Stress and Strain Analysis of Curved Beams of Fibre Reinforced Plastic
DP  - 2010 Oct 31
TA  - Acta Mechanica Slovaca
PG  - 108--113
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
IS  - 13352393
AB  - This paper extends the theory of Leipholz [2] about strongly curved beams to anisotropic ber materials. For this purpose, the classical laminate theory, as proposed by Halpin [1] and others has been applied to curved beams. The laminate is made up of several orthotropic layers with a dened orientation (angle φ), it gives the laminate anisotropic properties. The method presented here can determine stress in and across the ber as a result of internal forces.