Transient heat through thickness
Finite-volume conduction with heterogeneous plies, independent surfaces, reaction heat, and interpolated schedules.
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Resolve the thermal history
before structural loading.
Create independent thermal surface schedules, solve heterogeneous heat transport, evolve polymer state, and map temperature fields into laminate residual stress.
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Route thermoset cure or thermoplastic crystallization into heat generation, shrinkage, and structural mapping.
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