Hello
I am trying solid composite. For have bending results, I need 3 elements covering the thickness. Is there a way to apply 1 comp material to all the elements or do I have to create a material with 1/3 of the plies to have the total number of plies?
If you use the assumed strain formulation you can have good out-of-plane bending results with a single layer of elements. Please review example 7 in the Implicit Nonlinear Demonstration Problem's Manual
Regarding the original question, it will depend on the layup. If you had 9 layers 0/90/0/0/90/0/0/90/0 then the composite could be 0/90/0 for each element. but for typical layups that would not be possible
If you use the assumed strain formulation you can have good out-of-plane bending results with a single layer of elements. Please review example 7 in the Implicit Nonlinear Demonstration Problem's Manual
Regarding the original question, it will depend on the layup. If you had 9 layers 0/90/0/0/90/0/0/90/0 then the composite could be 0/90/0 for each element. but for typical layups that would not be possible
