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Updates and Additional Examples for MD-NASTRAN

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June 19, 2009 by Kim Parnell
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MD-Nastran Edition for Stanford
Example updates coming!

•Updated version of the OpenHole design case will be released this week. Check Forum announcements
•Additional design examples coming soon for other specific geometries
•Nonlinear composite failure application examples using MD-Nastran and MSC.MARC will be released soon for applications like:
–PFA – Progressive Failure Analysis
–Delamination – interlaminar delams and stress based mesh splitting
–VCCT – Virtual Crack Closure for fracture analysis with remeshing

•Contact Kim Parnell at kim.parnell@mscsoftware.com with questions, comments, suggestions or Post in the Composites Tutorial Forum at: http://compositestutorial.com/forum/

Modeling Delamination

Submitted by drarunabh on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 4:39pm.
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Hi Kim,

I am a participant in COmposite design workshop. Do you have a simple example (file) for modeling delamination in Nastran (using cohesive elements)?

Thanks,
Arun
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