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composite curing

Thread starter jwalant86
Start date Sep 25, 2012

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Sep 25, 2012

jwalant86

Mechanical

Hello everyone,

I am trying to simulate the cooling process of thermoplatics in abaqus.
I am getting the results with shell elements but when i am using solid composite elements, it gives an error stating 'LAYERED MATERIAL PROPERTIES CANNOT BE USED WITH THESE ELEMENT TYPE'.
Also, I have read, i cannot use solid composite in abaqus...

If anyone can help me out or suggest something..

Thanking you...

jwalant86