Firehole News 
Each quarter, Firehole Composite Analysis News offers analysis tips, product updates and success stories from our partners or customers. Each issue will also include downloads offering additional insights on how to improve your design and analysis of composite materials.
What’s So Big about Progressive Failure Analysis? July 2011
There is a lot of buzz in analytical circles about composite progressive failure analysis (PFA). But what exactly is PFA? What is the difference between it and First Ply Failure? Do you need it? How do you achieve it? This edition of Firehole Composite Analysis News offers several different perspectives on this topic in the following articles and featured downloads.
Customer Spotlight
Red Bull Formula One Drives Safety and Performance with Composite Progressive Failure Analysis
Composite Analysis Tips
Using Progressive Failure to Determine More Accurate Laminate Strengths
Advances in Composite Simulation
Unlocking Composite Mysteries with Multiscale Progressive Failure Analysis
PDF Downloads
Better Engineering Decisions:
Identifying Failure Mode
Ply Optimization
White Paper: Progressive Failure Made Easy
NEi User? Check out PPF in the Composites Compendium
Abaqus User? Check out Helius:MCT Example Problem #1
ANSYS User? Check out A Look at Helius:MCT with ANSYS
Converging on Delamination, February 2011
Composite Analysis Tips
Using Micromechanics to Determine Lamina Properties
Advances in Composite Simulation
Converging on Composite Delamination
Partner Spotlight
Fe-safe/Composites™ Featured as "Desktop Engineering Editor's Pick of the Week"
PDF Downloads
Better Engineering Decisions:
Analyzing Damage Tolerance
Improving on the Efficiency of PFA