Hello,
I built a Kiteboard Model (sandwich structure) with shape parameters for easy changeable designs. In a last step I want to run a composite optimization in which the Board/ laminate will be optimized to minimize the volume/mass.
Therefore I tried to use the 3 phases composite optimization. Because later on I want to change the used plys in an easy way by activate/ deactivate them in the created laminate.
I know that there is another optimization opportunity for size- optimization. But there you have to create design variables for each ply. So if I choose other plys for the optimization (e.g. because of other materials used) I have to define everything new.
Now my questions are:
Is there any possibility at the 3 phases composite optimization to define that each ply would be created over the whole surface of the Board? So that these small pieces of single plys, created during the free size optimization, could be avoided in the end.
Or is there any other opportunity to use the created laminate, not the plys in herself, for the optimization?
Best regards
Till
