As “engineered materials”, composites offer product manufacturers several advantages in terms of weight and performance, however they also come with several challenges in terms of product design. Delamination and fatigue failure, micro-cracking leading to eventual failure, and other mechanisms that aren’t a factor in designing with metals are very important for composites. They are also not well understood, and because of long and expensive manufacturing processes, physical prototyping is even less practical. Without the right CAE tools, selection of appropriate material can be both time and resource consuming.
MSC.Software’s extensive solution capabilities in composites help our customer in analyzing and enhancing their designs. The tools offered by MSC are ideal for any of the common types of composites, namely, polymer matrix, metal matrix, ceramic matrix, carbon matrix composites and more.
Composite fuselage
Crack propogation
Buckling delamination
A short list of capabilities provided by MSC’s solutions include:
Stress analysis of any possible lay-up configuration
Linear and nonlinear response
Temperature dependency
Failure analysis
Broad range of recognized failure models, including Hill, Tsai-Wu, Hashin, Puck
Delamination
Progressive failure of material
Micromechanical failure models for improved accuracy
Curing simulation for better estimation of residual stresses and material behavior
D2S International is certified reseller for MSC.Software in the BENELUX and offers all associated services including paid-up/rental licensing, consulting, technical advise, training and hotline support.
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