Part II
Composite Reference Manual

II.0 Introduction
 II.0.1 Remarks and limitations
II.1 Theoretical background
 II.1.1 Conventions
 II.1.2 Rotation in XY plane and algebraic notations
 II.1.3 Materials and plies
 II.1.4 Thickness and mass of laminate
 II.1.5 In-plane and flexural laminate behavior
 II.1.6 Out-of-plane shear of laminate
 II.1.7 CTE and CME calculations
 II.1.8 Calculation of load response
 II.1.9 Accelerating the calculation of load response
 II.1.10 Failure theories
 II.1.11 Temperature diffusion in laminates
 II.1.12 Moisture diffusion in laminates
 II.1.13 Units
II.2 The “ClaDb” class
 II.2.1 Creation of an object
 II.2.2 Identifying a ClaDb
 II.2.3 Manipulating entities stored in a ClaDb
 II.2.4 Management of Units
 II.2.5 Saving to or retrieving from a disk file
 II.2.6 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
 II.2.7 Iterators
 II.2.8 Other methods
II.3 The “ClaMat” class
 II.3.1 Creation of an object
 II.3.2 Identifier and type
 II.3.3 Manipulating Data
 II.3.4 Calculated results
 II.3.5 Management of Units
 II.3.6 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
 II.3.7 Other methods
II.4 The “ClaLam” class
 II.4.1 Class Methods
 II.4.2 Creation of an object
 II.4.3 Identifying a laminate
 II.4.4 Manipulation of plies
 II.4.5 Other data
 II.4.6 Laminate properties
 II.4.7 Laminate load response for a simple loading
 II.4.8 Laminate finite element load response
 II.4.9 Calculation of criteria from FE stresses or strains
 II.4.10 Management of Units
 II.4.11 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
 II.4.12 One iterator
 II.4.13 Other methods
II.5 The “ClaLoad” class
 II.5.1 Creation of an object
 II.5.2 Identifying a ClaLoad
 II.5.3 Thermo-elastic and hygro-elastic contributions
 II.5.4 Setting and getting mechanical parts
 II.5.5 Linear combinations of loads
 II.5.6 Finite element Results
 II.5.7 Management of Units
 II.5.8 Saving or initializing with NDF lines
 II.5.9 Other methods