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 # `TsaiWuSettings`

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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#### *class* Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.CompositeFailureResults.TsaiWuSettings

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

Defines the configuration for the Tsai-Wu failure criterion for reinforced materials.

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Reset`](#TsaiWuSettings.Reset)Resets the settings to their default values.### Properties

NameDescription[`FailureDimension`](#TsaiWuSettings.FailureDimension)Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D),[`WeightingFactor`](#TsaiWuSettings.WeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the failure criterion.<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* TsaiWuSettings.FailureDimension *: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.CompositeFailure.FailureDimension](../../../../../Mechanical/DataModel/MechanicalEnums/CompositeFailure/FailureDimension.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v242.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.CompositeFailure.FailureDimension) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D), : or also in the out-of-plane direction (3D).

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### *property* TsaiWuSettings.WeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the failure criterion. : The corresponding failure label is ‘tw’.

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## Method detail

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### TsaiWuSettings.Reset()

Resets the settings to their default values.