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Supported Fibersim material properties

The following table lists the Fibersim material properties that are imported from the Fibersim HDF5 layup files.

Fibersim	Simcenter 3D Pre/Post
Mass Density
Density	Mass Density (RHO)
Young's Modulus
Elastic Modulus 1Elastic Modulus 2Elastic Modulus 3	Young's Modulus (E1)Young's Modulus (E2)Young's Modulus (E3)
Poisson's Ratio
Poisson's Ratio 1-2Poisson's Ratio 1-3Poisson's Ratio 2-3	Major Poisson's Ratio (NU12)Major Poisson's Ratio (NU13)Major Poisson's Ratio (NU23)
Shear Modulus
Shear Modulus 1-2Shear Modulus 1-3Shear Modulus 2-3	Shear Modulus (G12)Shear Modulus (G13)Shear Modulus (G23)
Structural Damping Coefficient
Structural Damping Coefficient	Structural Damping Coefficient (GE)
Stress limits
Compressive Stress 1Compressive Stress 2	Compression (SC1)Compression (SC2)
Tensile Stress 1Tensile Stress 2	Tension (ST1)Tension (ST2)
Shear Stress	Shear (SS12)
Strain limits
Compressive Strain 1Compressive Strain 2	Compression (XC1)Compression (XC2)
Tensile Strain 1Tensile Strain 2	Tension (XT1)Tension (XT2)
Shear Strain	Shear (XS12)
Tsai-Wu Coefficient
Tsai-Wu Interaction Term	F12
Thermal Expansion
Thermal Expansion 1Thermal Expansion 2	Thermal Expansion Coefficient (A)Thermal Expansion Coefficient (A2)

Import a layup from a laminate physical property

Create a global layup

Create ply extensions

Import a layup

Create a ply section and its section curves

Creating a global layup

Creating global plies

Working with global plies and global ply groups

Cohesive layers

Exporting the global layup to Fibersim

Draping global plies over the model

Layup offset

Working with imported layups

Creating ply sections and section curves

Ply-based workflow

Defining plies and a stacking sequence

Global layups and hand layup manufacturing

Ply extensions

Conditions to import from Fibersim

Importing CATIA ply group algorithm

Right-click commands for ply section nodes

Right-click commands for global layup nodes

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Supported Fibersim material properties, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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