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Composites modeling with ANSYS

Modeling Layered Composites the Simple WayMayuran S. Muttulingam

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Composites offer tremendous weight savings, increasedperformance, and design flexibility

The composites market is a relatively young, fast growing and technologically evolving market

Motivation

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Composites offer tremendousweight savings, 

increasedperformance, and design flexibility

Motivation

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The composites market is a relatively young, fast growing 

and technologically evolving market

Motivation

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Levels of Analysis

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Multiple materials, complex layups, large number of plies etc. makes the job difficult to design parts with these materials

Compared to homogenous materials like steel or plastic, composites are much more challenging to analyze

Challenges

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ANSYS Composite PrepPost (ACP)

“The intuitive implementation of composite design development in ANSYSComposite PrepPost brought out a revolution in composite simulations. Weare able to realize a continuous design process from simulation results tomanufacturing including design modifications within the development.“

Hendrik Mester, Rotor Blade Development, REpower Systems AG

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Shell based composites

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Motivation

Analyzing Composites in R14.0

ANSYS Workbench provides superior CAD connectivity, meshing and a easy framework to perform design optimization

With R14.0, we greatly improve the workflow for analysis of composite components

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New at Release 14.0

Orthotropic stress/strain strength properties

Tsai‐Wu, Puck, LaRc03/04 Constants

Properties available to ACP and Mechanical and MAPDL

Engineering Data EnhancementsNew in R14

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Manually Defining Layers on Simple Geometries

Users can define simple layered sections for a shell body as well as define thicknesses and angles as parameters

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Layered Section Object

Allows a user to define simple layered section for a shell body 

Inserted under the Geometry folder from the toolbar or its RMB insert menu

Basic Layer Definition in MechanicalNew in R14

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Details

Layered Section Object

Worksheet View to enter layer data

Thickness, angle values can be parameterized

Options to define offset and sequencing

Scope to bodies or faces

Graphics option to display specific layer to help verify correct offset, sequence, etc.

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Graphics : Section Thickness , Location

Layered Section Object Example

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Layer Control, Membrane/Bending Output

Postprocessing

Ability to choose which layer to view results

New Membrane‐Bending stress results.  

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Explicit Composite Example

Normal Stress in 3rd Ply, 45o to Bat Axis

CFRP Baseball bat with spiral CRFP reinforcementNew in R14

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Defining Layers on Complex Geometries

For complex geometries, the ANSYS Composite PrepPosttool is used and layer definitions are imported in the assembly model in ANSYS Mechanical.

Courtesy of TU Chemnitz and GHOST Bikes GmbH

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ACP introduced as a component system inside WB

Like a typical WB system, file management and standard actions like Update, Duplicate

Consume materials from Engineering Data

Data Integrated ACP with WBNew in R14

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ACP Pre system contains EDA, Geometry, Model and Setup (same as ‘Mechanical’ system)

Setup cell launches ACP Editor

Mesh (shell) is transferred from Mechanical into ACP

ACP then passes, discrete section data to Mechanical as ‘Imported Layered Section’ object

ACP‐Mechanical LinkageNew in R14

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ACP‐Mechanical:  Example Schematic

Implicit (MAPDL)

Explicit (Autodyn)

Parameter SupportInclude as part of Design 

Exploration

New in R14

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You can define additional composite layers using the concept of fabrics, stackups and sub‐laminates

Material Definition

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Complex Curved Structures

A system of rosette combination can be used to Define material reference directions

Manual definition

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For structures with high curvatures etc.  Manufacturability is a big factor in design

ACP can predict draping, fiber angle correction etc. 

Draping

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Verify model setup by viewing the stacking sequences or by generating a Ply‐book

Validation

Cross‐section views

Ply‐Book generation

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ACP allows multi‐orientations of the same region to support asymmetric laminate definition

Asymmetric Laminates

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State of the art post‐processing

Identify critical parts by highlighting failure mode, failed layer and critical load case in one plot

Post‐ProcessingPost‐Processing

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VCCT

→In R14, ACP you can define a modeling‐ply as a VCCT layer. When the solid‐model is generated a VCCT layer is introduced between the corresponding plies.

Performance

→In R14, ACP now groups elements with similar or identical section‐definition (based on limit‐angle and –thickness). For most models this results in a drastic reduction of section‐data which helps improve solver performance

Miscellaneous EnhancementsNew in R14

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Solid composites models

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Use CAD data to create cut‐off rules

CAD data can be used to extrude plies from surface to SOLID mesh to model complex 3D shapes

Solid Extrusion

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Varying core thickness applied by 

tables or 3D CAD model 

Solid Extrusion

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In R13 ACP creates drop‐off elements on all ply boundaries

With R14 ACP will now automatically collect non‐overlapping plies and extrude them in one group in order to create smooth transition zones in between of them.

Auto Detect Butt‐Joined Ply Boundaries

Three adjacent plies with intermediate drop‐off elements (R13)

Three adjacent plies with smooth transition zone (R14)

New in R14

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In R14 ACP will detect free shared edges and automatically eliminate internal free edge ends to enable a fully automatic solid extrusion of a more general class of shell meshes.

Multi‐Component Mesh extrusion

Three virtual components  (R14)

Two‐component tube assembly with two free shared edges

Solid extrusion in ACP 14 (illustration without butt‐joined plies)

New in R14

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Concept

•Design Concept•Material Selection•Preliminary Lay‐up Design

ESAComp

•Laminate analyses: Solid laminate / Sandwich

•Analyses involving geometry: Panel (flat,  stiffened, curved), Beams, Joints, Notches

•Material Data Bank•Multiple failure criteria•Polar plots, Layer charts•ESAComp/ANSYS ACP Interface

Partner‐ESAComp

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Concept Geometry FE Analysis

• ANSYS & ANSYS WB

• ANSYS Composite PrepPost

• ANSYS Design Modeler

• ANSYS Space Claim Direct Modeler

• ESAComp

Partner‐ESAComp

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Interact with Vistagy’s

FiberSIM for manufacturing 

details

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