Part II
Composite Reference Manual

II.0 Introduction
II.0.1 Remarks and limitations
II.1 Theoretical background
II.1.1 Conventions
II.1.2 Rotation in XY plane and algebraic notations
II.1.3 Materials and plies
II.1.4 Thickness and mass of laminate
II.1.5 In-plane and flexural laminate behavior
II.1.6 Out-of-plane shear of laminate
II.1.7 CTE and CME calculations
II.1.8 Calculation of load response
II.1.9 Accelerating the calculation of load response
II.1.10 Failure theories
II.1.11 Temperature diffusion in laminates
II.1.12 Moisture diffusion in laminates
II.1.13 Units
II.2 The “ClaDb” class
II.2.1 Creation of an object
II.2.2 Identifying a ClaDb
II.2.3 Manipulating entities stored in a ClaDb
II.2.4 Management of Units
II.2.5 Saving to or retrieving from a disk file
II.2.6 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
II.2.7 Iterators
II.2.8 Other methods
II.3 The “ClaMat” class
II.3.1 Creation of an object
II.3.2 Identifier and type
II.3.3 Manipulating Data
II.3.4 Calculated results
II.3.5 Management of Units
II.3.6 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
II.3.7 Other methods
II.4 The “ClaLam” class
II.4.1 Class Methods
II.4.2 Creation of an object
II.4.3 Identifying a laminate
II.4.4 Manipulation of plies
II.4.5 Other data
II.4.6 Laminate properties
II.4.7 Laminate load response for a simple loading
II.4.8 Laminate finite element load response
II.4.9 Calculation of criteria from FE stresses or strains
II.4.10 Management of Units
II.4.11 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
II.4.12 One iterator
II.4.13 Other methods
II.5 The “ClaLoad” class
II.5.1 Creation of an object
II.5.2 Identifying a ClaLoad
II.5.3 Thermo-elastic and hygro-elastic contributions
II.5.4 Setting and getting mechanical parts
II.5.5 Linear combinations of loads
II.5.6 Finite element Results
II.5.7 Management of Units
II.5.8 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
II.5.9 Other methods