Homogenized quadriaxial laminates

Stephen W. Tsai, Jose Daniel Diniz Melo, Carlos Alberto Cimini, Department of Aeronautics , Stanford University, Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Published online on February 11, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Volume 45, Issue 9-10, Page 2029-2035, May 2026.
Homogenized laminates offer great advantages for design optimization, tapering, and simpler manufacturing. This can be achieved by stacking identical building blocks, so the laminate normalized in-plane stiffness components converge to the flexural ...