To assign the section and material properties to the beams choose:
Data->Laminate properties
As the sections of the beams are rectangular for this example, choose condition over lines: Naval stiffeners .
Press the button Create/Edit , and another set of entries for defining the laminate properties will be displayed. There are some materials already included in the program libraries, but in this particular case a new material will be defined.
In the first pane, it is possible to define all the material particularities, in case a new one is needed:
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In the next pane, the user can assign the type of laminate for each choosen material. There can be defined multiple tyes of layers of different materials.
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Finally, the section of the stiffener has to be defined:
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The conditions that have been assigned and their local axes can be viewed with the Draw button in the conditions window .