PCOMPLS

Bulk Data Entry Defines global ply-based composite properties for continuum shell composites.

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PCOMPLS PID CORDM SB LAYERWISE
C8 INT8
ID1 MID1 T1 THETA1
ID2 MID2 T2 THETA2

Example

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PCOMPLS 100
C8 ASTN
120 1 0.9 45.0
121 2 0.6 90.0

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
PID Unique composite property identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)
CORDM Identification number of the material coordinate system.

Default = 0 (Integer)
SB Shear stress limit of bonding material (interlaminar shear stress limit).

(Real > 0.0)
LAYERWISE Defines lamination theory for heat transfer.
0
Equivalent Single Layer Theory.
1
Layer-wise Theory.
C8 Flag indicating that the subsequent field applies to referenced CHEXA and CPENTA solid elements.
INT8 Integration type.
ASTN (Default)
Applies the Assumed Strain Enhanced Formulation.
blank
IDi Global Ply ID.

No default (Integer > 0)
MIDi Material ID for the ply defined via the previous IDi field. Currently MAT1, MAT9, MAT9ORT, and MATUSR materials are supported.

No default (Integer > 0)
Ti Defines the user-defined ply thickness of the ply specified via the IDi field. 6

No default (Real > 0.0)
THETAi Orientation angle of the ply within the ply plane. 4 5

Default = 0.0 (Real)

Comments

  1. The global Ply ID should be unique with respect to other ply's on this PCOMPLS entry.
  2. The PCOMPLS entry is only supported for first order CHEXA and CPENTA elements.
  3. The Global Ply IDs uniquely identify ply's across all PCOMPG and PCOMPLS entries.
  4. The thickness direction of the composite element by default starts from face G1-G2-G3-G4 to face G5-G6-G7-G8 of the solid element. Ply numbering also follows this thickness direction. This is used to only determine the direction of the local Z axis of the plies. The local Z-axis of each ply is perpendicular to the ply plane and aligned to the thickness direction. The X-axis of the coordinate system defined via CORDM (basic system, if blank) is projected onto the ply plane to determine the local X axis for the ply. The local Y-axis is then determined by the cross-product of the local X and Z axes.
  5. The orientation angle is measured in the positive counter clockwise direction from this projected X-axis about the local Z axis of the ply.
  6. The actual ply thicknesses depend on the actual total geometric thickness of the solid element:
    T a c t u a l p l y _ i = T a c t u a l e * ( T i T 1 + T 2 + .... + T N ) MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa aaleaacaWGHbGaam4yaiaadshacaWG1bGaamyyaiaadYgaaeaacaWG WbGaamiBaiaadMhacaGGFbGaamyAaaaakiabg2da9iaadsfadaqhaa WcbaGaamyyaiaadogacaWG0bGaamyDaiaadggacaWGSbaabaGaamyz aaaakiaacQcadaqadaqaamaalaaabaGaamivamaaBaaaleaacaWGPb aabeaaaOqaaiaadsfadaWgaaWcbaGaaGymaaqabaGccqGHRaWkcaWG ubWaaSbaaSqaaiaaikdaaeqaaOGaey4kaSIaaiOlaiaac6cacaGGUa GaaiOlaiabgUcaRiaadsfadaWgaaWcbaGaamOtaaqabaaaaaGccaGL OaGaayzkaaaaaa@5915@
    Where,
    T a c t u a l p l y _ i MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa aaleaacaWGHbGaam4yaiaadshacaWG1bGaamyyaiaadYgaaeaacaWG WbGaamiBaiaadMhacaGGFbGaamyAaaaaaaa@414A@
    Actual thickness of the Ply “I”
    T a c t u a l e MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa aaleaacaWGHbGaam4yaiaadshacaWG1bGaamyyaiaadYgaaeaacaWG Lbaaaaaa@3D7F@
    Actual (or geometric) thickness of the composite element
    T i MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaBa aaleaacaWGPbaabeaaaaa@37EA@
    User-defined ply thicknesses via the Ti field
  7. Setting the LAYERWISE field to 1 offers an option for through-thickness degrees of freedom. Each layer has four internal nodes, one on each face. This option offers greater accuracy but is more computationally expensive. Setting LAYERWISE option to 1 applies a piecewise linear temperature distribution through the laminate thickness. This field only applies to Heat Transfer Analysis.