Research Article
Buckling Analysis of Laminated Composite Panel with Elliptical Cutout Subject to Axial Compression
Table 4
Summary of numerical analysis for cylindrical shells including an elliptical cutout with constant width and different height.
| Model designation | Shell length | Cutout size () | Buckling load () |
| R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70-Perfect | 300 | — | 2535 | R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 1397 | R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 1314 | R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 1201 | R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 1094 | R400-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 1000 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70-Perfect | 500 | — | 2103 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1224 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1139 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1030 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 930 | R400-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 847 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70-Perfect | 700 | — | 2004 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1170 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1064 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 960 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 860 | R400-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 750 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70-Perfect | 300 | — | 3489 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 2366 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 2300 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 2216 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 2125 | R1000-θ90-L300-L0150-α70- | 300 | | 2014 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70-Perfect | 500 | — | 2371 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1900 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1829 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1730 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1640 | R1000-θ90-L500-L0150-α70- | 500 | | 1520 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70-Perfect | 700 |
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| 2104 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1720 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1610 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1520 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1420 | R1000-θ90-L700-L0150-α70- | 700 | | 1300 |
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