Examples:
Example 1: Calculate the stiffness and compliance coefficients for transversely isotropic material AS4/3501 Epoxy. The properties are as given below for a fibre volume fraction of 60%.
Solution:
Unit of all compliance coefficients is 1/GPa.
The corresponding stiffness coefficients are calculated by inversion of the compliance matrix.
Unit of all stiffness coefficients is GPa.
Note: Both stiffness and compliance matrices are symmetric.
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