The Stress-Strain Behavior of Concentric Composite Cylinders

Abstract

An analytical model was developed for the elastic-ideally plastic behavior of concentric cylindrical composites under uniaxial tension. The model predicted the creation of transverse stresses in the composite during axial loading. The existence of these stresses was experimentally verified in a 4140 steel core-18% Ni maraging steel case composite system by examining the effects of the trans verse stresses on the composite axial stress-strain curve and the composite tangential surface strain ratio curve.