EFFECT OF MATRIX PROPFRTIES ON THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTERLAMINAR STRESSES IN COMPOSITE LAMINATES

The stress response in composite laminates can be effected by changing the properties of fibers and matrices.According to this assumption,a study on the effect of matrix properties on the distributions of interlaminar stresse is presented.Tsai's method is used to predict the lamina properties from fiber and amtrix properties.Three kinds of matrices are chosen for the investigation and their moduli are significanly different from on another.