ASTM coupon builder

Input source

Run a generated coupon or an existing file

Coupon

Geometry

Mesh

Layup

Preset Ply angles (deg) Name in file name

Load case

Direction Applied strain Prescribed displacement = strain x coupon length. Step time s Field output intervals Gauge node set at x mm Position of the extra distXnodes set.

Solve

Writes the input file and runs it with Fortran + VUMAT. No contact, so decks with rigid grips are refused.

Solve writes the current coupon to output/ and runs that.

Nominal stress = total axial support reaction / minimum undeformed net cross-section. Tension is positive; compression is negative in the CSV.

Material

Property set

Parameter sweep

Property Values One input file per value.

Rigid grips

Clamp the coupon between rigid plates