Special Angle-Ply Laminate Stiffnesses

The laminate behavior of these special angle-ply laminates can be described with the number of layers, N, the laminae orientation, a, and the laminae stiffnesses, Q , in addition to the total laminate thickness, t. The laminate stiffnesses, 

Special Angle-Ply Laminates with N Even (Antisymmetric) 

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Figure 4-32a Theoretical and Measured Special Angle-Ply Laminate Stiffnesses (U. S. Standard Units) (After Tsai [4-6])...

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