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19 May 2008  - 

COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 is out now and free to download!

The new version of COMPOSITE STAR, the popular database and design software for composite materials, is now available. It has a completely improved user interface, an integrated spreadsheet and is sold as shareware. The software can be downloaded from www.compositestar.com and is is entirely free to use for 30 days.


With COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 the user can

* store all data of fibers, matrices, plies and laminates in a user-friendly database
* calculate the properties of plies by micromechanics
* calculate the properties of laminates by Classical Laminate Theory (CLT)
* calculate the laminate load response and failure with standard and new failure criteria and progressive failure models
* add new or customize existing calculation procedures with the integrated spreadsheet
* display any calculation result as X-Y or polar graph, including any ply property versus the ply's orientation angle, carpet plots, ply-by-ply stress and strain diagrams and failure process diagrams

The new version, COMPOSITE STAR 2.0, has a completely improved user interface, making the use of the software more user-friendly.

Another important new feature is the integrated spreadsheet. With this spreadsheet, the user can add new or customize calculation procedures. This adds a completely new dimension to the program and widens the scope of calculation possibilities substantially.

Maybe the most important innovation of COMPOSITE STAR 2.0 is its shareware concept. The full version of the software can be downloaded from www.compositestar.com and is entirely free to use for 30 days. The price for a permanent license is only 495 EUR or US$ 745!

With this shareware concept, MATERIAL will make composite calculation accessible to everyone. This is especially important for universities and other educational institutions, as well as for small and midsize companies, who can not afford to invest in high-priced software. Another aim of the shareware concept is to significantly increase the number of users, to trigger interaction between them and encourage the exchange of data and calculation procedures via the COMPOSITE STAR website.

For more information please go to www.compositestar.com.

MATERIAL S.A.

Lozenberg 23

1932 Zaventem/Brussels

Belgium

Source : MATERIAL S.A.