Effect of temperature sensitivity and inelastic behavior of phase materials on the bearing capacity of plane structures with uniformly stressed reinforcement

An inelastic problem of uniformly stressed reinforcement of plane temperature-sensitive composite structures is formulated. Analytical solutions are obtained for the thermoelastic and inelastic cases. On the basis of these solutions, it is shown that the bearing capacity for inelastic projects can be increased severalfold as compared to thermoelastic projects, and reinforcement can be substantially saved in the inelastic case under fixed loading. Despite the worsening of strength characteristics of the composition phases, the bearing capacity of the structure remains almost unchanged upon heating in the inelastic case and can even increase in the thermoelastic case.