Version 3.6 Released
The Laminator is an engineering program written for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP that analyzes laminated composite plates according to classical laminated plate theory. Input consists of ply material properties, material strengths, ply fiber orientation and stacking sequence, mechanical loads and/or strains, and temperature and moisture loads. Output consists of apparent laminate material properties, ply stiffness and compliance matrices, laminate "ABD" matrices, laminate loads and mid-plane strains, ply stresses and strains in global and material axes, and load factors for ply failure based on Maximum Stress, Maximum Strain, Tsai-Hill, Hoffman, and Tsai-Wu failure theories. A micromechanics calculator is also included for estimating lamina properties for given fiber and matrix properties. The program can also be run from the command line for batch processing.
This software can be downloaded and evaluated before purchase. Until purchased, the software has the following operations disabled: Opening & Saving input files, Printing & Saving output files, saving User Materials to the library, and Command Line (batch) processing. Purchasing your copy will enable these features and remove the registration reminder.
Price: $29 for single-user license. Multi-user discounts available.
Below is a screen shot of the program, followed by download and
registration links.
Download The Laminator here: The Laminator
(Version 3.6, 1.0 Mb),
or from an alternate site here: Alternate Site
and then purchase The Laminator here:
For other composite material resources, visit these links:
Composite Materials at composite.about.com.
The Composite Materials Handbook (MIL-HDBK-17) at www.mil17.org