Create a User Material with Composite Material Manager

View the steps necessary to create a composite material for use with Simulation Composite Analysis.

Composite Material Manager is a standalone application which comes standard as part of the installation module. It is designed to take known composite properties and optimize the constituent properties so a consistent set of properties are generated when predicting the response of the constituents to a fatigue load imposed on a composite.

1. To begin the optimization process, open Composite Material Manager.
2. Specify a unidirectional material under File > New > Unidirectional.
3. Populate the GUI as shown below .

   

4. Now switch to the Constants tab within the GUI and enter the elastic constants as shown below

   

5. Switch to the Fatigue tab within the GUI and enter the S-N data as shown below. You can copy and paste the values from the tables seen previously.

   

6. Now that the material properties have been defined, save the newly created material by selecting File > Save As. Click Yes to allow Composite Material Manager to optimize the constituent properties. After optimization, you will be notified of a successful save.