S19-1 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 19 MISCELLANEOUS SOLVER RELATED ITEMS

S19-2 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation

S19-3 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation ELEMENT TYPES FOR MSC.MARC SOLVER / MSC.LAMINATE MODELER n Supported Element Types are u Type 22 is a second order quadrilateral element u Type 75 is a first order quadrilateral element u Type 72 is a second order quadrilateral element u Types 49 and 50 are second order triangular elements n Warning: MSC.Marc defines Layer 1 of a laminate at the TOP of the stack

S19-4 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation ELEMENT TYPES FOR MSC.DYTRAN SOLVER / MSC.LAMINATE MODELER n Supported Element Types are

S19-5 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation SPECIFICS FOR ABAQUS SOLVER / MSC.LAMINATE MODELER n Offsets do not work in the LM user interface n Failure Calculation is ON by default n Three results are requested : Top, Middle and Bottom n Results by ply is ON by default

S19-6 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation n Supported Element Types are SPECIFICS FOR ABAQUS SOLVER / MSC.LAMINATE MODELER (Cont.)

S19-7 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation n Supported Element Types are ELEMENT TYPES FOR ANSYS SOLVER / MSC.LAMINATE MODELER

S19-8 PAT325, Section 19, February 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation