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How to optimize a laminate in Simcenter

How to optimize a laminate in Simcenter

Quick Overview Simcenter Laminate Composites (LC) allows you to optimize the fundamental properties of a laminate coupon- for example, increasing its modulus in the X direction, minimizing its mass or its thermal expansion- by modifying ply angles, ply thickness, ply...
How to optimize the stiffness of sandwich structures

How to optimize the stiffness of sandwich structures

Finding optimal rigidity One common misunderstanding about sandwich structures leads many designers to overestimate overall stiffness or to stiffen sandwich structures in a less than optimal fashion. In this article, we expose the true behavior of sandwich structures...
Efficient PostProcessing for Composites with Femap

Efficient PostProcessing for Composites with Femap

Quick Overview This post-processing Tip & Trick will show how to efficiently use predefined Femap API and a customized toolbar for laminates. This example, created in Femap 11.22, shows a 2D laminate mudguard model. Figure 1 & Figure 2 are showing ply failure...