composites 0.8.6

Methods for analysis and design of composites

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Methods for analysis and design of composites

High-performance module to calculate properties of laminated composite materials. Usually, this module is used to calculate:

• A, B, D, E, F, H plane-stress stiffness matrices

  • A, B, D, for classical plate theory (CLT, or CLPT)
  • A44, A45, A55 for first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT)
  • E, F, H for third-order shear deformation theory (TSDT)

• Material invariants, trace-normalized or not

• Lamination parameters based on material invariants

• Stiffness matrices (ABD) based on lamination parameters

Citing this repository

Castro, SGP. Methods for analysis and design of composites (Version 0.8.6) [Computer software]. 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2871782

Bibtex :

@misc{composites2026,
    author = {Castro, Saullo G. P.},
    doi = {10.5281/zenodo.2871782},
    title = {{Methods for analysis and design of composites (Version 0.8.6)}},
    year = 2026
    }

Documentation

The documentation is available on: https://saullocastro.github.io/composites.

History

• version 0.1.0, from sub-module of compmech 0.7.2
• version 0.2.2, from sub-module of meshless 0.1.19
• version 0.2.3 onwards: independent of previous packages
• version 0.3.0 onwards: with fast Cython version, not compatible with previous versions
• version 0.4.0 onwards: fast Cython and cimportable by other packages, full compatibility with finite element mass matrices of plates and shells, supporting laminated plates with materials of different densities
• version 0.5.4 onwards: verified lamination parameters, analytical gradients of Aij, Bij, Dij with respect to lamination parameters, supportting MAC-OS
• version 0.5.17 onwards: installing with pip
• version 0.6.0 onwards: cibuildwheel to distribute for Linux
• version 0.7.0 onwards: added Kassapoglou's module
• version 0.8.0 onwards: support for Third-order Shear Deformation Theory (TSDT)

License

Distrubuted under the 3-Clause BSD license (https://raw.github.com/saullocastro/composites/master/LICENSE).

Contact: [e-mail].