composite material (carbonfibre laminate)

[m_collner]

Is there any way to make mecanica analyse a material that have differentstrenght and E-modulus intwo directions?


I would like to analyse a solid 2mm carbonfibre/epoxy composite, eventualy used for a hard shell carrying case.


I also want to ask were to buy this sort of .mat-files, or if I can edit these I have?


Thanks,


/M

 

[mch]

Mechanica has a very comprehensive laminate shell analysis capability. The restriction is that its only applicable to shells defined as surfaces, not solids which have been shell-paired. Apply a shell property to a surface and you will get the option to uselaminate properties. Select this and you will then go into the laminate pre-processor where you create the lay-up. I hope you know what your properties are! When you are looking at the results you can view results on a ply by ply basis. There's lots more to it, look at the help files in Mechanica (Use Help| What's This and select the shell icon on the RH toolbar).


Regards,


Rod

 

[m_collner]

Looks good!

Thanks for helping.