Coupled deflection and rotation of anisotropic open section composite stiffeners

An evaluation of the hand-calculation method for assesing the behavior of anisotropic composite beams is presented. This method is used in preliminary design studies of anisotropic panel composite materials which are used as structural components of aeropspace vehicles. Results indicate that this method can be used to predict the out-of-plane coupled deformation of transversely loaded composite beams.