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Laminator for Windows

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The Laminator is a Windows engineering program for classical laminated composite plate analysis. It calculates material properties, stresses, and failure theories based on various inputs for composite plates.
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  • Pros

    • Performs classical analysis of laminated composite plates.
    • Calculates apparent laminate material properties, stiffness, and ABD matrices.
    • Outputs ply stresses and strains in global and material axes.
    • Integrates five failure theories: Max Stress, Strain, Tsai-Hill, Hoffman, Tsai-Wu.
    • Features micromechanics calculator and command line batch processing.

  • Cons

    • Assumes user familiarity with classical laminated plate analysis.
    • Limited to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 operating system support.
    • Focuses solely on classical laminated plate theory.
    • Lacks explicit mention of a graphical user interface.
    • No stated compatibility for modern Windows operating systems.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
3.7
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
2,664
Downloads Last Week
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Developer’s Description

By Michael Lindell
Perform classical analysis of laminated composite plates.
The Laminator is an engineering program written for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 that analyzes laminated composite plates according to classical laminated plate theory. Familiarity with such analysis is assumed. Input consists of ply material properties, material strengths, ply fiber orientation and stacking sequence, mechanical loads and/or strains, and temperature and moisture loads. Output consists of apparent laminate material properties, ply stiffness and compliance matrices, laminate "ABD" matrices, laminate loads and mid-plane strains, ply stresses and strains in global and material axes, and load factors for ply failure based on Maximum Stress, Maximum Strain, Tsai-Hill, Hoffman, and Tsai-Wu failure theories. A micromechanics calculator is also included for estimating lamina properties for given fiber and matrix properties. The program can also be run from the command line for batch processing.
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