Module 2: Active Vibration Control of Smart Composite Plate
  Lecture 17: Constitutive Relationship
 



                                          Figure 17.2: A typical composite plate

The elements of the transformed matrix [Q]are given as  

 
 
 
 
 
(17.2)

in which   and   is the angle between the global axes x-y and the principal axis of each lamina 1-2. It is also known as the fiber orientation angle.