Plug-in to create variable-angle-tow (VAT) composite structures by using Python-Abaqus scripting.
Once you have opened the zip folder, you will find the following files/folders:
- **Codice_VAT.py**: Once the ABAQUS CAE software has been opened, click on ‘Run Script’ and select this file. This script, executed via Python 2.7, contains Boolean variables that can be selected to obtain customised analyses. You choose the model size, two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D), geometry, and material properties.
The 3D code is marked at approximately line 180, and the 2D at line 665. The code is commented at key points for readability.
The code generates two analyses: a .inp file from which the Connectivity and Assembly information is read and used and a .odb file containing the actual simulation. It is important to check that the file path is the same as the ABAQUS WorkDirectory.
Please note that if you use ABAQUS with a student license, you have a limit of 1000 nodes, which affects the number of layers and the mesh density of the analysis and could lead to simulation failure. - **Tesi_A_Li_Destri.pdf**: In section 3.6 you will find more detailed information about the 2D code; in section 4.4.1 the information concerns the 3D code.
Readers are referred to file README for further instructions.