Torsion of composite laminated bars with a large number of layers

In view of rite effective elastic moduli theory([1]), analyzing the thick composite laminated bars subjected to an externally applied torque are presented by three-dimensional finite element (3-D FEM) and global-local method in this paper. Numerical results involving the distribution of shearing stresses olt cross-section and the torsional deformation and the interlaminar stresses near to free edges are given. If necessary elements discretization may be densely carried out only in the high stress gradient, region. Obviously, it requires less computer memory and computational time so that it offers an effective way for evaluating strength of laminated bars torsion with a greet number of layers.