Solid Laminate Modeler dialog box — Laminate Properties group

Option	Description
Stacking Recipe	Specifies how the plies are stacked in the laminate. Regular specifies a ply sequence identical to what is shown in the ply layup list.Symmetric specifies a symmetric ply sequence with an even number of plies.Symmetric with core specifies a symmetric ply sequence with an odd number of plies. The odd ply represents the central core. The core is assumed to be the top ply in the ply layup list.Repeated specifies a duplicate ply sequence. The laminate contains two copies of the plies in the ply layup list, each in the same order as the original, and one on top of the other.Repeated with core specifies a duplicate ply sequence with one ply being the core. The laminate contains two copies of each ply in the ply layup list, except the top ply. The copies appear in the same order as the original, and are stacked one on top of the other. The top ply in the ply layup list is the core and is not repeated.Extruded specifies that the ply sequence is obtained by the extrusion of the global layup.
Material Orientation Type	Specifies the material coordinate system type.
Material Coordinate System	Appears when Material Orientation Type is set to anything other than Absolute.Lets you define the material coordinate system for all elements in the solid laminate meshes.
Ply Direction	Specifies the direction that is 0° for the fibers, with respect to the material orientation.
Stack Direction	Specifies the direction in which the plies are stacked from bottom to top, with respect to the material orientation.
Reference Temperature	Sets the laminate reference temperature. This reference temperature overrides the reference temperature material property that you define in the Material dialog box.
Interlaminar Allowables	Specifies how the interlaminar failure is computed by Laminate Composites.Use Material AllowablesUses the material allowables for interlaminar failure calculation. You can define the allowable shear stress in the following locations:Isotropic Material dialog box→Strength tab→Shear (SS) boxOrthotropic Material dialog box→Strength tab→Shear (SS13) and Shear (SS23) boxesUse Laminate AllowablesUses the laminate allowables for interlaminar failure calculation. You set the allowable values for the whole laminate in the Shear Stress for Bonding and Normal Stress For Bonding boxes.See Interlaminar failure analysis (2D and 3D) for more information.
Ply Failure Theory	Appears when Stacking Recipe is set to Extruded.Specifies the ply failure theory for all extruded plies. You can select:None when you do not want to perform a failure analysis.Hill to use the Hill theory for the failure analysis. See Hill failure analysis (3D) for more information.Hoffman to use the Hoffman theory for the failure analysis. See Hoffman failure analysis (3D) for more information.Tsai-Wu to use the Tsai-Wu theory for the failure analysis. See Tsai-Wu failure analysis (3D) for more information.Maximum Stress to use the maximum stress theory for the failure analysis. See Maximum stress failure analysis (3D) for more information.Maximum Strain to use the maximum strain theory for the failure analysis. See Maximum strain failure analysis (3D) for more information.Max Transverse Shear Stress to use the maximum transverse shear stress theory for the failure analysis. See Interlaminar failure analysis (2D and 3D) for more information.Von Mises Yield to use the Von Mises yield theory for the failure analysis. This theory applies to plies that have only isotropic materials. See Von Mises yield and Von Mises ultimate failure analyses (2D and 3D) for more information.Von Mises Ultimate to use the Von Mises ultimate theory for the failure analysis. This theory applies to plies that have only isotropic materials. See Von Mises yield and Von Mises ultimate failure analyses (2D and 3D) for more information.Progressive Failure to use the progressive failure analysis. See Progressive failure analysis in solid composites for more information.User Defined to use one of your specified ply failure theories.
Interlaminar Failure Theory	Appears when Stacking Recipe is set to Extruded.Specifies the interlaminar failure theory for all extruded plies. You can select:None when you do not want to perform a failure analysis.Transverse Shear to use the transverse shear interlaminar failure equations for the failure analysis.Normal Stress to use the normal stress interlaminar failure equations for the failure analysis.User Defined to use one of your specified interlaminar failure theories.See Interlaminar failure analysis (2D and 3D) for more information.

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