This paper describes the method for transverse shear analysis to be applied in the composites design program ESAComp. The correlation of the method to the formulations used in the commercial finite element programs is presented and the results from the selected method are compared to the exact elasticity results. The results show good agreement with the exact solutions for cross-ply and unsymmetric angle-ply laminates. Symmetric angle-ply laminates create bending twisting coupling that the theory cannot accurately model.
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