The new version of COMPOSITE STAR, the popular database and design software for composite materials, is now available.
Belgium, Kingdom of (Press Release) April 22, 2008 --
The new version of COMPOSITE STAR, the popular database and design software for composite materials, is now available. By selling the software as shareware, the Belgian company MATERIAL, yet again sets new trends in composite software. The software can be freely downloaded from www.compositestar.com.
With COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 you can
- store all data of fibers, matrices, plies and laminates in a user-friendly database
- calculate the properties of plies by micromechanics
- calculate the properties of laminates by Classical Laminate Theory (CLT)
- calculate the laminate load response and failure with standard and new failure criteria and progressive failure models
- add new or customize existing calculation procedures with the integrated spreadsheet
- display any calculation result as X-Y or polar graph, including any ply property versus the ply's orientation angle, carpet plots, ply-by-ply stress and strain diagrams and failure process diagrams
The new version, COMPOSITE STAR 2.0, has a completely improved user interface, making the use of the software more user-friendly.
Another important new feature is the integrated spreadsheet. With this spreadsheet, the user can add new or customize calculation procedures. This adds a completely new dimension to the program and widens the scope of calculation possibilities substantially.
Maybe the most important innovation of COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 is its shareware concept. The full version of the software can be downloaded from www.compositestar.com and is entirely free to use for 30 days. The price for a permanent license is only 495 EUR or US$ 745!
With this shareware concept, MATERIAL will make composite calculation accessible to everyone. This is especially important for universities and other educational institutions, as well as for small and midsize companies, who can not afford to invest in high-priced software. Another aim of the shareware concept is to significantly increase the number of users, to trigger interaction between them and encourage the exchange of data and calculation procedures via the COMPOSITE STAR website.
For more information please go to www.compositestar.com.
With COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 you can
- store all data of fibers, matrices, plies and laminates in a user-friendly database
- calculate the properties of plies by micromechanics
- calculate the properties of laminates by Classical Laminate Theory (CLT)
- calculate the laminate load response and failure with standard and new failure criteria and progressive failure models
- add new or customize existing calculation procedures with the integrated spreadsheet
- display any calculation result as X-Y or polar graph, including any ply property versus the ply's orientation angle, carpet plots, ply-by-ply stress and strain diagrams and failure process diagrams
The new version, COMPOSITE STAR 2.0, has a completely improved user interface, making the use of the software more user-friendly.
Another important new feature is the integrated spreadsheet. With this spreadsheet, the user can add new or customize calculation procedures. This adds a completely new dimension to the program and widens the scope of calculation possibilities substantially.
Maybe the most important innovation of COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 is its shareware concept. The full version of the software can be downloaded from www.compositestar.com and is entirely free to use for 30 days. The price for a permanent license is only 495 EUR or US$ 745!
With this shareware concept, MATERIAL will make composite calculation accessible to everyone. This is especially important for universities and other educational institutions, as well as for small and midsize companies, who can not afford to invest in high-priced software. Another aim of the shareware concept is to significantly increase the number of users, to trigger interaction between them and encourage the exchange of data and calculation procedures via the COMPOSITE STAR website.
For more information please go to www.compositestar.com.
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