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Workbench controls and connected recordsControls · records · outputs

Complete User Guide

7 reading chapters · Open contents →

  1. Understand the workspace
  2. Use the interface and manage records
  3. Prepare material data
Prepare, run and review your first study123PrepareRunReview

Getting Started Handbook

8 reading chapters · Open contents →

  1. Understand the workspace
  2. Complete a first study
  3. Use the interface and manage records
Exercise inputs connected to a result comparisonSet up · compare · explain

Training & Exercise Manual

140 reading chapters · Open contents →

  1. 01.01 · Rule of mixtures: fibre volume fraction
  2. 01.02 · Compare transverse micromechanics models
  3. 01.03 · Short fibers: aspect ratio and shear-lag transfer
Ply properties, laminate stiffness and recovered responseABBDεκPly → laminate → response

Complete Theory Manual

11 reading chapters · Open contents →

  1. Model hierarchy and solver foundations
  2. Material data and constitutive state
  3. Constituents to effective ply properties
Materials linked through models to a reviewed resultSelect → connect → solve → check

Models & Workflow Manual

8 reading chapters · Open contents →

  1. Define the engineering question
  2. Prepare materials
  3. Predict effective ply properties