Plate Properties: 3D Membrane Laminate

Description

Used for the definition of 3D membrane laminate properties.

Common Toolbar

See Properties: Common Controls.

Material Tab

• Conductivity (K1 / K2)
• Specific Heat
• Engineering Data (Ex, Ey, Gxy, νxy)
• Density
• Membane Thermal Expansion (αx, αy, αxy)
• Bending Thermal Expansion (βx, βy, βxy)

Laminate Tab

• Laminate / User-defined
• Membrane Matrix [C]
• Membrane/Bending Coupling Matrix [B]
• Bending/Curvature Matrix [D]
• Transverse Shear
• Ignore Coupling
• Auto Transverse Shear

Nonlinear Tab

• Temperature / Time

Damping Tab

• Damping Ratio (NFA)
• Viscous Damping
• Rayleigh Damping
• Frequency 1 / 2
• Damping Ratio 1 / 2
• Alpha / Beta

Tables Tab

• Modulus vs Temperature
• Thermal Expansion vs Temperature
• Conductivity vs Temperature
• Specific Heat vs Temperature
• Modulus vs Time
• Conductivity vs Time

Thickness Tab

• Equivalent Thickness

See Also

• Plate Elements: Element Types
• Materials: Laminate