Compressive strength prediction of fibre reinforced polymer composites under lateral disturbance

A study on lateral disturbance, which is regarded as a factor that causes imperfect loading, is presented herein. The rationale behind the study is that fiber misalignment has always been regarded as the cause of an imperfect structure. The main purpose of this paper is to establish that even for a perfect structure, lateral disturbance can cause compression instability in a composite. In this paper, a novel numerical model has been established,...