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Laminate results (Simcenter Samcef)
Depending on the elements and the Output Requests selected in the Simcenter Samcef solution, you can output the following results:
Stress and strain element or element-nodal tensors for solid and shell elements.
Ply stress and strain element or element-nodal tensors.
Stress and strain tensors for the critical ply.
Several ply criteria:Output Requests Criteria NameMatching Samcef Criteria NameTsai-Hill TractionTsai-Hill version 1Tsai-HillTsai-Hill version 2Tsai-Hill Plane StressTsai-Hill version 3HashinHashin version 1Hashin FiberHashin version 2Hashin MatrixHashin version 3Hashin FrictionHashin full versionTsai-WuTsai-WuDamageDamagePuckPuckLarc04Larc04Maximum Larc04Maximum Larc04StrainMaximum total strainStrain MechanicalMaximum mechanical strainStrain RatioStrain ratioStressMaximum stressStress RatioStress ratioRice-TraceyRice and TraceyRice-Tracey VariantVariant of Rice TraceyHoffmanHoffmanFor more information on these criteria, see the Simcenter Samcef Failure Criteria page in the Simcenter Samcef solver documentation.
Interlaminar stresses.
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