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ModelingLayeredComposites
theSimpleWay
MayuranS.Muttulingam
1 2011ANSYS,Inc. October12,2011
Motivation
Compositesoffer
tremendousweight
savings,increased
performance,anddesign
flexibility
Thecompositesmarketis
arelativelyyoung,fast
growingand
technologicallyevolving
market
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Motivation
Compositesoffer
tremendous
weightsavings,
increased
performance,and
designflexibility
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Motivation
Thecomposites
marketisarelatively
young,fastgrowing
and
technologically
evolvingmarket
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LevelsofAnalysis
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Challenges
Multiplematerials,
complexlayups,large
numberofpliesetc.makes
thejobdifficulttodesign
partswiththesematerials
Comparedtohomogenous
materialslikesteelor
plastic,compositesare
muchmorechallengingto
analyze
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ANSYSCompositePrepPost (ACP)
HendrikMester,RotorBlade
Development,REpowerSystemsAG
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Shellbasedcomposites
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AnalyzingCompositesinR14.0
Motivation
ANSYSWorkbench
providessuperiorCAD
connectivity,meshingand
aeasyframeworkto
performdesign
optimization
WithR14.0,wegreatly
improvetheworkflowfor
analysisofcomposite
components
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EngineeringDataEnhancements
NewinR14
NewatRelease14.0
Orthotropicstress/strain
strengthproperties
TsaiWu,Puck,LaRc03/04
Constants
PropertiesavailabletoACP
andMechanicalandMAPDL
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ManuallyDefiningLayersonSimpleGeometries
Userscandefine
simplelayered
sections forashell
bodyaswellasdefine
thicknessesand
anglesasparameters
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BasicLayerDefinitioninMechanical
NewinR14
LayeredSectionObject
Allowsausertodefinesimplelayered
sectionforashellbody
InsertedundertheGeometryfolder
fromthetoolbaroritsRMBinsert
menu
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LayeredSectionObject
Details
Scopetobodiesorfaces
Optionstodefineoffsetandsequencing
Graphicsoptiontodisplayspecificlayerto
helpverifycorrectoffset,sequence,etc.
WorksheetViewtoenterlayerdata
Thickness,anglevaluescan
beparameterized
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LayeredSectionObjectExample
Graphics:SectionThickness,Location
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Postprocessing
LayerControl,Membrane/BendingOutput
NewMembrane
Bendingstress
results.
Abilitytochoose
whichlayerto
viewresults
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ExplicitCompositeExample
NewinR14
CFRPBaseballbatwithspiralCRFPreinforcement
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DefiningLayersonComplexGeometries
Forcomplex
geometries,theANSYS
Courtesy of
TUChemnitz CompositePrepPost
andGHOST
BikesGmbH toolisusedandlayer
definitionsareimported
intheassemblymodel
inANSYSMechanical.
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DataIntegratedACPwithWB
NewinR14
ACPintroducedasacomponentsysteminsideWB
LikeatypicalWBsystem,filemanagementand
standardactionslikeUpdate,Duplicate
ConsumematerialsfromEngineeringData
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ACPMechanicalLinkage
NewinR14
ACPPresystemcontainsEDA,
Geometry,ModelandSetup
(sameasMechanicalsystem)
SetupcelllaunchesACPEditor
Mesh(shell)istransferred
fromMechanicalintoACP
ACPthenpasses,discrete
sectiondatatoMechanicalas
ImportedLayeredSection
object
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ACPMechanical:ExampleSchematic
NewinR14
Explicit Implicit
(Autodyn) (MAPDL)
ParameterSupport
IncludeaspartofDesign
Exploration
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MaterialDefinition
Youcandefineadditionalcomposite
layersusingtheconceptoffabrics,
stackups andsublaminates
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Manualdefinition
ComplexCurvedStructures
Asystemofrosette
combinationcanbeusedto
Definematerialreference
directions
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Draping
Forstructureswithhigh
curvaturesetc.
Manufacturabilityisabig
factorindesign
ACPcanpredictdraping,
fiberanglecorrectionetc.
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Validation
Verifymodelsetupby
viewingthestacking
sequencesorby
generatingaPlybook
Crosssectionviews
PlyBookgeneration
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AsymmetricLaminates
ACPallowsmulti
orientationsofthe
sameregionto
supportasymmetric
laminatedefinition
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PostProcessing
Stateoftheartpostprocessing
Identifycriticalpartsby
highlightingfailuremode,failed
layerandcriticalloadcasein
oneplot
tw(31)(0)
tw(31)(0)
tw(31)(0)
tw(31)(0)
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MiscellaneousEnhancements
NewinR14
VCCT
InR14,ACPyoucandefineamodelingplyasa
VCCTlayer.Whenthesolidmodelisgenerateda
VCCTlayerisintroducedbetweenthecorresponding
plies.
Performance
InR14,ACPnowgroupselementswithsimilaror
identicalsectiondefinition(basedonlimitangleand
thickness).Formostmodelsthisresultsinadrastic
reductionofsectiondata whichhelpsimprovesolver
performance
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Solidcompositesmodels
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SolidExtrusion
UseCADdatato
createcutoffrules
CADdatacanbeused
toextrudepliesfrom
surfacetoSOLID
meshtomodel
complex3Dshapes
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SolidExtrusion
Varyingcore
thickness
appliedby
tablesor3D
CADmodel
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AutoDetectButtJoinedPlyBoundaries
NewinR14
InR13ACPcreatesdrop
offelementsonallply
boundaries
Threeadjacentplieswith
intermediatedropoff WithR14ACPwillnow
elements(R13)
automaticallycollectnon
overlappingpliesand
extrudetheminonegroup
inordertocreatesmooth
Threeadjacentplies transitionzonesin
withsmoothtransition
zone(R14)
betweenofthem.
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MultiComponentMeshextrusion
NewinR14
InR14ACPwilldetectfreesharededgesand
automaticallyeliminateinternalfreeedgeends
toenableafullyautomaticsolidextrusionofa
moregeneralclassofshellmeshes.
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PartnerESAComp
Concept
DesignConcept
MaterialSelection
PreliminaryLayupDesign
ESAComp
Laminateanalyses:Solid
laminate/Sandwich
Analysesinvolving
geometry:Panel(flat,
stiffened,curved),
Beams,Joints,Notches
MaterialDataBank
Multiplefailurecriteria
Polarplots,Layercharts
ESAComp/ANSYSACP
Interface
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PartnerESAComp
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Interactwith
Vistagys
FiberSIM for
manufacturing
details
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CompositesModelingwithANSYSSolutions
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