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About CompoSide
CompoSIDE is an integrated suite of
web-based design engineering modules
and data management tools that significantly reduce development time and
cost for composite applications.

This phase costs in excess of €6,500 EUR.
These initial tests, totalling over €8,000,
are generally accepted for many industries
such as marine, but wind and tidal energy,
aerospace or automotive applications
would require fatigue tests, involving
sometimes tens or hundreds of thousand
euros depending on the industry.

1,200 composite
materials and plies

Using composite properties
in the design of composite parts
CompoSIDE features a fully integrated
platform for the conception, design and
analysis of composite parts and products.
It also includes an integrated reporting
engine for the automatic generation of
engineering and manufacturing bills
of materials (BoM). Data from CompoSIDE's material database (CMDB),
whether these are core materials or plies,
is readily available in the LAMINASpace
laminate design tool, which is based on
an extension of the classical lamination
theory (CLT). Laminates, or both materials and plies, can be used within the
preliminary design phase in SECTIONSpace, the dedicated module for section
and beam design and analysis. Complex
models can be loaded into the FESpace
3D modelling and 3D FEA environment.
FESpace allows modelling of complex
3D shapes and features with a unique
and dedicated FEA solver to work with
layered materials such as composites. The
designs produced within CompoSIDE
can be extracted to generate reports and
bills of materials automatically. The platform can source and consolidate all the
materials and plies used within the project into a single report, also providing
the actual and waste material quantities
according to the selected manufacturing
process.

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CMDB can be used as a centralised composite material property database within
organisations. The materials database is
fully integrated within CompoSIDE's
environment and features enterprise level
connectivity for seamless interaction with
most common IT, CAD and FEA packages. CMDB can act as the central repository for all composite and non-composite
materials. The library includes properties
of metals, woods and plastics, making it
ideal for any manufacturer. Clients can
interact with CMDB in a variety of ways.
Directly working within CompoSIDE
allows for new material definition, material comparison and search and select.
The selected materials can be used within
CAD/FEA systems via straightforward
export functionalities while enterprise clients looking for a seamless integration can
benefit from the API-based connectivity.

Availability
CompoSIDE is the only full-cycle software for composite design and analysis
featuring material management, laminate calculation, beam section design
and 3D FEA modelling with integrated
reporting and bill of materials generation
that is affordable and readily available to
companies of all sizes. The CompoSIDE
platform is based on the SaaS model and
is licensed on a monthly or annual subscription basis with an unlimited number
of users. n
More information:
www.composide.com

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Feature Simulation

CompoSIDE's CMDB add-on features
more than 1,200 composite materials
and plies, with a full set of composite
properties and micro-mechanical analysis
features. This large database is built on
years of experience, tests and publicly
available data to provide a single source
of reliable data for the design and analysis
of composite parts and products. The
materials selection includes composites
(resins, fibres, core materials, etc.), metals,
woods and plastics to meet the requirements of hybrid constructions. The full set
of materials includes both vendor-specific
and independent materials data, which
is useful to avoid depending on a given
manufacturer.
The search by property and material comparison features are helpful to identify the
most suitable material during the material
selection phase. Ply generation is included
in CompoSIDE's PlyGen, allowing the

A centralized
materials database

development of new ply sets and analytical analysis. CompoSIDE is a web-based
SaaS software allowing multiple users to
collaborate across projects, regardless of
their physical location.

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