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Hi,
Has anyone come across curing of dry fiber/wet resin after hand lay up in autoclave?

A file with the homework assigned to be submitted Monday, Aug 2nd, is available in the folder "Homework".

A compressed (Zipped) folder is available for downloading the files related to the presentation on Full-Field Optical Measurement Systems.

For those interested in the effects of fiber arrangement on properties of UD composites, we recommend reading the following papers:

We have uploaded new versions of MMFatigue_v1.0 and SMM+v150_P_CDT7. These versions will fix the installation problems.

The MSC Software download will be available at approximately 8:00PM Pacific tonight (July 27, 2010).

Any of the available software is able of performming hybrid mechanical-thermal (conductivity) optimisation?

Hi all ,
Have downloaded both GenLam and Lamrank.
Cannot run the exe files. error message: "the parameter is incorrect". what should I do to run them? Any ideas.
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Hi,
I submitted my homework at cdw.homework@gmail.com.

Question from Armando Mete: “Could you please provide Elastic/Strength properties for AS4/3601-6, IM6/3501-6 used for the Abaqus Umat-MMF Examples?

Question #1: From Fulya Aktas: "Do you do any surface treatment to bind CNTs to resin?"
Answer: "In our research work we have used MWCNTs and have not applied any surface treatment."

We have uploaded records from previous presentations by Prof. Antonio Miravete with better sound quality.

These are the references for 3-D Textile Reinforcement suggested by Prof. Antonio Miravete.

In case you have problems to run MicMac-Hole you probably need to load Excel add-ins. Please do the following:

1. Open Excel.
2. Click the Microsoft Office Button and then click Excel Options.

Perhaps it is just a typo but the MSC license agreement states the evaluation license term ends Dec. 16, 2009...

Dear Participants,

The recorded lectures are located under the date they were given in the Workshop 2 download utility on the left hand side of this forum.

You can download the webex player required to play the .wrf files at
http://www.webex.com/downloadplayer.html

Thanks!

How can I view the recorded lectures available in the Download Utility?

I was able to download and install files: setup, gs850w32, and gsv48w32. I was not able to install tcl830.

Dear Participants,

We will be assigning multiple homework sets throughout the workshop. The homework sets assigned during lectures this week (Jan. 8 and 9) will be due next Monday, January 11.

The homework sets assigned during lectures next week (Jan. 11-15) will be due the following Monday, January 18.

You may submit typed solutions or scans of handwritten work, whichever you prefer.

Please compile your work for each homework set into a single file (e.g. YourNameHomework1.doc) and send your solution to:

CDW.Homework@gmail.com

Thanks!

An interesting interview with Prof.Steve Tsai has recently been posted on the MSC Software Blog at:

http://simulatemore.mscsoftware.com/2009/12/22/trust-simulation/