Laminate Analysis Software

Software for analyzing composite materials and structures based on laminate theory.

CompositePro
Commercial windows program includes database, micromechanics, lamination theory, and beam, plate, and shell solutions. Download a trial version. Your Guide's Review

CPA: Composite Properties Analysis
Online micromechanics program to calculate thermoelastic properties. Includes theoretical overview. Computation page slow to load.

ESAComp
Commercial software for Windows and UNIX/Motif. Laminate properties, failure criteria, free edge effects, and design sensitivity studies. 2,500 EUR.

HyperSizer
Commercial program for optimization of beams, panels, and shells. Many different cross-sections and configurations, with links to finite element packages. Thirty day evaluation available.

LPA: Laminate Properties Analysis
Online program to calculate laminate properties and point stresses. Includes theoretical overview. Computation page slow to load.

PROMAL
PROMAL accompanies the textbook Mechanics of Composite Materials by Autar K. Kaw. Intended as a theoretical tool; available only to university instructors and students.

THINK COMPOSITES Europe
THINK COMPOSITES Europe Software user's club. Initiation fee plus annual fee gives access to four programs. Documented in Composites Design by Stephen Tsai.

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