- In the tree view, right-click on Physical Properties and choose New.
- Change the Name to Carbon/Epoxy Layup.
- Select Shell Elements from the Type drop-down.
- Select the
Laminate option.
- Click on the
Define Laminate button to create a
New Laminate.
- First, select Hill from the Failure Theory drop-down menu so that you can look at failure index information when the analysis is complete.
- Click Add to create a new ply.
- Select
Carbon/Epoxy Composite under
Material by clicking in the first cell under
Material. Set the
Thickness to
0.01 (double-click the default thickness to edit the cell). Set
Angle to
45. Leave
Stress/Strain output to
ON.
- Create five additional plies. Select the ply 1 row. Type in
5 in the box next to the
Repeat button. Then click on the
Repeat button.
- Change the
Angle so that they are
45,
-45,
45,
-45,
90,
0 going from ply 1 to ply 6.
- Select all plies and click on the
Symmetric button.
- You now have a 12 ply laminate. Click OK to complete the laminate definition.
- Check the
Associated Geometry and select the outer surfaces for
Quadrilaterals.
- Click OK to create the composite physical property.