Nastran solver properties

Property	Details
Nonstructural Mass per unit area	Exported as NSM on the PCOMP, PCOMPG, PCOMPG1, or PSHELL cards.
Damping coefficient	Exported as GE on the PCOMP, PCOMPG, or PCOMPG1 cards.
Stress or Strain Output Request	If selected, SOUT is exported as YES on the PCOMP, PCOMPG, or PCOMPS cards, for all the plies in the laminate. For the PCOMPS card, SOUT applies to both ***.f06** and ***.op2** output files. For the PCOMP and PCOMPG cards, SOUT applies only to the ***.f06** output file. Select this check box to display ply results in the Post Processing Navigator.
Laminate Options	Provide special purpose stiffness calculation for PCOMP, PCOMPG, and PCOMPG1 cards.
Output Format	You can export the 2D laminate as a PCOMP, PCOMPG, PCOMPG1, or PSHELL card. You export the 3D laminate as PCOMPS or PSOLID.

Nastran internally converts the PCOMP and PCOMPG cards, along with the associated material cards, to an equivalent PSHELL card with up to 4 anisotropic MAT2 material cards. Each MAT2 card represents a different behavior, depending on the PSHELL MID that references it:

• MID1: Membrane

• MID2: Bending

• MID3: Transverse Shear

• MID4: Membrane-bending Coupling

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Nastran laminate export options for PCOMP and PCOMPG cards

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