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John Doyle
Ansys Employee

With beta switch ON, it is possible to include nonlinear stress-strain data.  However, this is still rate independent and probably limited to small strain.  Could you model the composite nonlinear material behaviors more discretely with a layered SOLID18x or SHELL181? Â