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The MAC/GMC sample problems are divided into seven sections. The first section presents four basic examples that illustrate most of the fundamental aspects of the MAC/GMC software such as determining the effective properties of a composite and simulating the stress-strain response of a composite. The remaining sections deal with particular code capabilities and illustrate most of the code's current analysis options.

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Section 1 : Basic Examples

Example 1a: Effective Properties of a Composite
Example 1b: Effective Properties of a Laminate
Example 1c: Tensile Response of Monolithic Ti-21S
Example 1d: Tensile/Thermal Response of SiC/Ti-21S

Section 2 : Constituent Materials

Example 2a: Bodner-Partom Viscoplastic Constitutive Model
Example 2b: Strain-Rate Dependence of Ti-21S
Example 2c: Incremental Plasticity
Example 2d Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)
Example 2e: User-Defined Material Properties - Input File
Example 2f: User-Defined Material Properties - USRFUN
Example 2g: User-Defined Material Constitutive Model
Example 2h: External Material Database

Section 3 : Analysis Type and Architecture

Example 3a: Doubly Periodic GMC Internal RUC Library
Example 3b: Doubly Periodic RUC Library with Interface
Example 3c: User-Defined Doubly Periodic Architecture
Example 3d: Triply Periodic GMC Internal RUC Library
Example 3e: User-Defined Triply Periodic GMC Architecture
Example 3f: High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells
Example 3g: Laminate Theory - Single Ply
Example 3h: Cross-Ply and Quasi-Isotropic Laminates
Example 3i: Asymmetic Laminate

Section 4 : Applied Loading

Example 4a: MAC/GMC Internal Loading Options
Example 4b: SiC/Ti-21S Composite with Residual Stresses
Example 4c: General loading for RUC analysis
Example 4d: Internal Loading Options for Laminate
Example 4e: General loading Option for Laminates
Example 4f: RUC Yield Surface Analysis
Example 4g: Laminate Yield Surface Analysis
Example 4h: Predictor-Corrector Time Integration

Section 5 : Damage and Failure

Example 5a: Composite Allowables Calculation
Example 5b: Subcell Static Failure Analysis
Example 5c: Laminate Static Failure Analysis
Example 5d: Fatigue Damage Analysis
Example 5e: Fiber-Matrix Debonding
Example 5f: Fiber Breakage

Section 6 : Output and Data Visualization

Example 6a: Local x-y Plots
Example 6b: PATRAN Post-Processing
Example 6c: MATLAB Post-Processing

Section 7 : Advanced Topics

Example 7a: Implicitly Integrated Multimechanism GVIPS
Example 7b: Electromagnetic RUC Analysis
Example 7c: Electromagnetic Laminate Analysis
Example 7d: Woven Composite Analysis - Single Step
Example 7e: Woven Composite Analysis - Two Step


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