Patent Document ID: 9977841
Application ID: 14135526
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for determining virtually a set of design allowables for a first set of architectures of a composite material, comprising: receiving composite material information, wherein the composite material information comprises information about the composite material and the first set of architectures, available test data of the composite material associated with a second set of architectures, and a test matrix identifying desired tests to be performed virtually on the composite material with the second set of architectures; determining micromechanical material properties based on a reverse engineering process using the composite material information and the available test data associated with the second set of architectures; generating finite element models of relevant test specimens according to the test matrix associated with the second set of architectures integrating the micromechanical material properties; analyzing the finite element models to obtain finite element analysis results; generating the set of allowables and associated properties for the first set of architectures of the composite material based on the finite element analysis results; storing the set of allowables in a database, wherein the set of allowables in the database is used in a design process for the composite material, the design process being a part of a manufacturing process based on the first set of architectures; and defining limits of a structure corresponding to the first set of architectures based on the set of allowables, wherein the structure is made of the composite material; wherein the set of allowables and the limits for the structure are used in the manufacturing process of the structure.