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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical modal analysis of a composite material structure Reply To: modal analysis of a composite material structure

Chandra Sekaran
Ansys Employee

May be you can try modeling one half layer of steel - a full layer of epoxy - another half layer of steel. Then apply symmetry boundary (or couple the nodes) condition? This assumes the end effects are not important. 

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