Hello, I am trying to take data from a companies data sheet and input it into Solidworks composite function in simulation but I cant seem to see a correlation between the standardized values that companies quote on there data sheets and the values that solidworks requires in order to make accurate calculations. Does anyone have experience with this? http://www.hexcel.com/Resources/DataSheets/Prepreg-Data-Sheets/M35_4_eu.pdf is the prefabricated panel I am looking to model in Solidworks.
Thank you!
if its a prefabricated panel rather than individual layers, i wouldn't worry about using the composite function
if you're performing a static analysis you really only need E and v, E is there, v you'd need to contact them for. i doubt they test it and would have it so you may have to just make an estimate.