After the introduction of the suitable initial and design loads, the hints area at the bottom of the screen will disappear, and new tabs (“laminates” and “user-defined setting”) will be displayed at the top of the screen.
Both tabs allow the user to introduce the necessary Sika® Carbodur® or SikaWrap® CFRP laminates;
The first option (laminates) gives the user automatically those calculated combinations based on the correct number of each size/type of CFRP laminates to meet the ULS and SLS requirements (if enabled), according to the available width of the soffit.
The second option (user-defined setting) allows the user to meet more flexibility, by allowing the combination of any type and quantity of CFRP layers.
Both options can be used interchangeably.