| Abstract: | A stability problem of composite beams with multiple delamination was tackled. A closed-form solution was found and buckling loads of composite beams with two delaminations were determined in order to obtain their compressive load-carrying capacity. Crack-opening mode was assumed for each detached delaminated region. Seven different regions having different transverse deformations resulted from assumed positions of delaminations. Developing the derived continuity condition equations reduced the number of algebraic equations required to solve the problem analytically. The results of the work were validated by comparing them to those reported in the literature. The effects of length, location, and distribution of multiple delaminations were considered in the comparison, and the results showed very good agreement. Buckling load decreases as delamination size increases. Buckling load for a beam with two delaminations is lower than that for the same beam with a single delamination. |
