Quiz: Section 4.5 Hygrothermal Effects in a Laminate

1. Which of the following will expand the most with temperature?

2. Which of the following will expand the most with temperature?

3. All of the following laminates will undergo bending from thermal loads EXCEPT

4. Hygrothermal stresses and strains are caused by

5. If a hygrothermal load is the only load applied to a lamina, the overall mechanical load is equal to

6. Hygrothermal forces are considered fictitious thermal forces because

7. Non-symmetric laminates undergo this when hygrothermal loads are applied

8. To find the longitudinal linear coefficient of thermal expansion of a symmetric laminate using theoretical methods, one can apply a change in temperature of ΔT = 1.  What then is the measure of the longitudinal linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the laminate?