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Bending Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminate Plates Under Thermo-Mechanical Loads
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Like Pan
Like Pan ,
Tong Xing
Tong Xing *,
Yingxin Zhao
Yingxin Zhao
,
Yuan Yuan
Yuan Yuan and
Caizhi Yang
Caizhi Yang
Standards & Metrology Research Institute, China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, Beijing 100015, China
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Materials 2025, 18(19), 4640; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18194640 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 21 August 2025
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Revised: 2 October 2025
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Accepted: 7 October 2025
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Published: 9 October 2025
Abstract
An exact analytical model based on three-dimensional (3D) thermo-elasticity theory is developed to investigate the bending behavior of fiber metal laminate (FML) plates under thermo-mechanical load. The temperature-dependent properties and the orthotropy of the component materials are considered in this model. The analytical model is based on the heat conduction theory and thermoelasticity theory, and the solutions are determined by employing the Fourier series expansion, the state space approach and the transfer matrix method. Comparison study shows that the FE results are generally in good agreement with the present analytical solutions, exhibiting relative errors of less than 2%, except in the regions near the upper and lower surfaces. The present solution is close to the experimental values for the laminated plate within the linear range, with errors less than 10%. The decoupling analysis indicates that the thermo-mechanical performance of FML plates no longer strictly adheres to the traditional superposition principle, with errors reaching 30.39%. A modified principle accounting for modulus degradation is introduced to address this discrepancy. Furthermore, parametric studies reveal that the temperature and the lamina number have significant effect on the stresses and displacements of the FML plate.
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Pan, L.; Xing, T.; Zhao, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Yang, C.
Bending Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminate Plates Under Thermo-Mechanical Loads. Materials 2025, 18, 4640.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18194640
AMA Style
Pan L, Xing T, Zhao Y, Yuan Y, Yang C.
Bending Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminate Plates Under Thermo-Mechanical Loads. Materials. 2025; 18(19):4640.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18194640
Chicago/Turabian Style
Pan, Like, Tong Xing, Yingxin Zhao, Yuan Yuan, and Caizhi Yang.
2025. "Bending Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminate Plates Under Thermo-Mechanical Loads" Materials 18, no. 19: 4640.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18194640
APA Style
Pan, L., Xing, T., Zhao, Y., Yuan, Y., & Yang, C.
(2025). Bending Behavior of Fiber Metal Laminate Plates Under Thermo-Mechanical Loads. Materials, 18(19), 4640.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18194640
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