When selected, the software automatically establishes the necessary quantity of CFRP to meet the requested ULS (and SLS if enabled), corresponding to the effective CFRP strain Ɛf,eff, input at the top (8‰ as default).
According to this initial estimation, the user can access all the information related to the different load stages, by clicking on the icons located in the top of the screen; the main screen, which displays the numerical and graphical data, will change depending on the selection (Fig. 3-27).