Orthotropic Laminate Plate Stress Analysis

Geometry & Materials Setup

The geometry and grasshopper files for this example are available for download

laminate_plate_setup.png

Materials:

  • Orthotropic

  • Young’s Modulus (X): 25e6 psi

  • Young’s Modulus (Y): 1e6 psi

  • Young’s Modulus (Z): 1e6 psi

  • Poisson’s Ratio (XY): 0.25

  • Poisson’s Ratio (YZ): 0.0

  • Poisson’s Ratio (XZ): 0.0

  • Shear Modulus (XY): 5e5 psi

  • Shear Modulus (XZ): 5e5 psi

  • Shear Modulus (YZ): 2e5 psi

Grasshopper File

laminate_plate_grasshopper.png

Reference Results

laminate_stress.png laminate_plate_table.png