About ABD Composites

Background

ABD Composites grew out of a masters in mechanical engineering specialised in composite materials, followed by a few years as a research engineer working on thermoplastic composites. The fascinating part is the mechanics: how fiber orientation, stacking sequence, and constituent properties combine into laminate behaviour you can actually predict rather than guess. That behaviour deserves better tooling than it has.

After years in composites I moved into software engineering, which is what I do now. ABD Composites sits where the two overlap: the mechanics from the first career, built with the tools of the second.

That research work is also where the design brief came from. Day to day the analysis happened in clunky Python scripts and sprawling Excel sheets, each one held together by whoever wrote it, impossible to hand over and easy to get subtly wrong. Composite analysis deserved something modern and user friendly instead.

Why it exists

The tools available to composite engineers were outdated, expensive, or locked behind a desktop install. ABD Composites runs entirely in your browser and recalculates as you type.

Nothing is a black box. The CLT theory and failure criteria pages spell out the equations behind every number. The goal is to make the calculations as user friendly as possible, so the app guides you as you go, with warning banners that point out anything about your input that affects the outcome.

Accountability

ABD Composites is an independent product, developed and operated from the Netherlands. Results are engineering estimates based on Classical Lamination Theory and are not a substitute for testing or certification. See the terms of service for the full statement.