Figure 6-1 shows the uniform thickness doubly curved laminated shell having an orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system (
) and a total thickness (
d).
A typical stacking sequence of a composite laminate having n layers is shown in
Figure 6-2. The thickness of each layer (
dk), as well as the fiber direction in each layer (
θk) with respect to first principal direction (
ξ1) of the laminate are indicated. A counterclockwise rotation of the fiber direction with respect to the (
ζ) direction is considered as positive.