Simulating Anisotropic Behavior of Chopped Fiber-Reinforced polymer for Structural Analysis
Description:
Hi everyone,
I want to simulate a component made of chopped fiber-reinforced polymer produced through injection molding. I’d like to know if there is a way to run a structural analysis which considers the anisotropic properties of this material resulting from injection moulding process.
For instance, you can consider to simulate a shaft made from this material and analyze its behavior under working conditions, such as applied torque.
Is this workflow possible using Altair suite?
If so, could you tell me which software I need and how to import results from one software to another in case I need to use multiple tools?
Thank you in advance,
Regards
Stefano
Product/Topic Name : Optistruct, Hypermesh, Simlab, Inspire
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Best Answers
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hi,
this is possible by combining Altair Inspire Mold for polymer injection, including fibers, and then using MyperMesh and MultiScale Designer to map fiber orientation and anisotropic porperties into OptiStruct.
Webinar #3 covers this coupling.
more details on MDS
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injection molding mapping step in HyperMesh. (maps fiber orientation from molding into structural mesh)
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Altair EmployeeAnswers
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hi,
this is possible by combining Altair Inspire Mold for polymer injection, including fibers, and then using MyperMesh and MultiScale Designer to map fiber orientation and anisotropic porperties into OptiStruct.
Webinar #3 covers this coupling.
more details on MDS
1 -
injection molding mapping step in HyperMesh. (maps fiber orientation from molding into structural mesh)
1