COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STRESSES AND STRAINS THAT OCCUR IN STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS CONSIDERING THE MODEL WITH AND WITHOUT LAYERS

Fibreglass-reinforced polyester (GRP) is the most widely used composite material in the ship building industry and requires careful study in point of mechanical characteristics. This article presents the collective experience related to behaviour in different situations of GRP loading. We considered three cases manufacturing for GRP: layers with mechanical characteristics for each layer, composite (the material is considered isotropic but with layers and same mechanical properties for all layers), and isotropic plates.