Do you need an even number of plies to achieve a balanced and symmetric laminate with plain weave fabric? Assuming plain weave fabric, would [0F/45F/0F] be considered unbalanced and unsymmetric?
Hello All,
In Nastran what is the difference between the Bond Shear Allowable in the property card vs the Shear Limit Stress in the material card? I did a quick search of the forum, but didn't find anything.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Kris
Hello. I am trying to recover composite ply stresses after a DDAM run. DDAM does not support (or at least I don't think it does)laminate property cards, so my results are outputed as Shell stress. Does anyone know of a way that I can convert these shell stresses back to laminate stresses so I...