NAS113 - Composite Material Analysis with MSC Nastran

Length:
3 Days
Pre-requisites :
NAS101A (Linear Static and Normal Modes Analysis using MSC Nastran) or equivalent experience
Topics:
- Introduction to composites in MSC Nastran
- Composite bulk data entries
- Overview of classical lamination theory
- Industry definitions
- Application to MSC Nastran
- Composite postprocessing
- Lamina stresses and strains
- Interlaminar shear stresses and strains
- Ply failure theories
- Hill, Hoffman, Tsai-Wu, and maximum strain
- Interlaminar shear
- Modal analysis with composites
- Nonlinear composite analysis
- Optimization of composites
- Composite use in other solution sequences
- Laminate Modeler