Research Article
Response of Balanced Laminate Subjected to Abrupt Heat Flux: A New Perspective
Table 1
Properties of material used in the investigation [
1].
| | Property | Item | T300/5208 | Unit |
| | Thermal | Density | 1600 | kg/m3 | | Specific heat | 760 | (J/K° kg) | | Thermal conductivity x-direction | 0.72 | W/(m K°) |
| | Fibre properties | Modulus of elasticity | 230 | GPa | | Fibre volume fraction | 0.785 | | Poisson’s ratio | 0.22 |
| | Epoxy properties | Modulus of elasticity | 2.25 | GPa | | Matrix volume fraction | 0.215 | | Poisson’s ratio | 0.38 |
| | Structural | Modulus of elasticity in the x-direction (E1) | 181 | GPa | | Modulus of elasticity in the y-direction (E2) | 10.1 | GPa | | Coefficient of thermal expansion x-direction | 3 ∗ 10−7 | 1/K° | | Coefficient of thermal expansion y-direction | 2.5 ∗ 10−5 | 1/K° | | Shear modulus | 7.2 | GPa |
| | Applied load | Abrupt heat flux | 1370 | W/m2 |
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