June 03, 2016 | by DatapointLabs | views 8054
This book is intended to be a companion to the NAFEMS book, "An Introduction to the Use of Material Models in FE". It informs Finite Element Analysis users of the manner and methodologies by which materials are tested in order to calibrate material models currently implemented in various FEA programs. While the authors seek first to satisfy the basic material models outlined in the companion book, they make important extensions to FEA used in currently active areas including explicit simulation.
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Mechanical
Plastics
Rubbers
Foams
Metals
Hyperelastic
Viscoelastic
Plasticity
Rate Dependency
Yielding/Failure Analysis
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Biomedical
Building Materials
Consumer Products
Energy and Petroleum
Material Supplier
Furniture
Industrial Goods
CAE Vendor/Supplier
Packaging
Home Appliances
Research Laboratory
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
DIGIMAT
SOLIDWORKS
MSC.DYTRAN
MSC.MARC
MSC.NASTRAN
NX Nastran
PAM-COMFORT
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
SIMULIA
Book Review
August 12, 2014 | by DatapointLabs | views 5339
Material specifications define properties for incoming materials to meet required criteria. We present software that manages creation of material specifications, input of properties and material composition; and provides a way to evaluate qualification per specification. While it is designed for OEM/Tier n environments, it is also applicable for materials suppliers.
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Automotive
Moldflow
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
Moldex3D
DIGIMAT
SIGMASOFT
SOLIDWORKS
ADINA
ANSYS FIDAP
B-Sim
Cadmould
Altair HyperXtrude
MSC.DYTRAN
MSC.MARC
MSC.NASTRAN
Universal Molding
NX Nastran
PAM-CRASH
PAM-FORM
PlanetsX
Polycad
POLYFLOW Blow Molding
POLYFLOW Extrusion
POLYFLOW Thermoforming
PolyXtrue
Altair RADIOSS
Simpoe-Mold
T-Sim
VEL
VISI Flow
WinTXS
Presentations
May 13, 2014 | by DatapointLabs | views 5171
Plastics appeared as design materials of choice about 30 years ago. They brought with them huge design challenges because their multi-variable, non-linear nature was not well understood by engineers trained to work in a linear elastic world. We outline a 20 year journey accompanying our customers in their efforts to understand and simulate these remarkable materials to produce the highly reliable plastic products of today. We discuss challenges related to processes such as injection molding vs. blow-molding; coping with filled plastics; the difficulties of modeling polymers for crash applications. We include our latest findings related to volumetric yield in polymers and its relationship to failure. We describe the material database technology that was created to store this kind of multi-variable data and the analytical tools created to help the CAE engineer understand and use plastics material data.
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Plastics
Automotive
Blow Molding
High Speed Testing
Injection Molding
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
Moldflow
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
Moldex3D
DIGIMAT
Universal Crash
Universal Molding
Universal Structural
PAM-CRASH
Presentations
March 10, 2011 | by DatapointLabs | views 4301
The testing of materials for use in crash and safety simulations and the conversion of test data into material models is a process that is not well standardized in the industry. Consequently, CAE users face uncertainty and risk in this process that can have a negative impact on simulation quality. In this workshop, we present approaches currently used in the US for the gathering of high quality test data plus the acclaimed Matereality CAE Modeler software that is used to transform high strain-rate data into crash material cards.
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Automotive
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
DIGIMAT
SIGMASOFT
NX Nastran
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
Presentations
May 26, 2010 | by DatapointLabs | views 4122
Many material models are available for crash simulation. However, common models are not designed for plastics. We present best practices developed for adapting common models to plastics, as well as best testing protocols to generate clean, accurate rate-dependent data. In addition, we present a streamlined process to convert raw data to LS-DYNA material cards, and harmonized material datasets that allow the same raw data to be used for other crash and rate-dependent analysis software.
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Plastics
Automotive
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
Presentations
May 11, 2009 | by DatapointLabs | views 5383
High strain rate material modelling of polymers for use in crash and drop testing has been plagued by a number of problems. These include poor quality and noisy data, material models unsuited to polymer behaviour and unclear material model calibration guidelines. The modelling of polymers is thus a risky proposition with a highly variable success rate. In previous work, we tackled each of the above problems individually. In this paper, we summarize and then proceed to present a material modelling strategy that can be applied for a wide variety of polymers.
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Mechanical
Plastics
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Consumer Products
Material Supplier
Industrial Goods
Packaging
Home Appliances
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
MSC.DYTRAN
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
Research Papers
July 17, 2008 | by DatapointLabs | views 4253
If you want a crash simulation involving plastics to yield useful results, it is important to model the material behavior appropriately. The high strain rates have a significant effect on the properties, and failure can be ductile or brittle in nature, depending on a number of factors.
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Plastics
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Biomedical
Consumer Products
Material Supplier
Toys/Sporting Goods
Industrial Goods
Packaging
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
MSC.DYTRAN
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
Research Papers
November 27, 2007 | by DatapointLabs | views 4696
Many LS-DYNA models are used for plastics crash simulation. However, common models are not designed for plastics. We present best practices developed for adapting common models to plastics, as well as best testing protocols to generate clean, accurate rate-dependent data.
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Metals
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Consumer Products
Material Supplier
Industrial Goods
Packaging
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
MSC.DYTRAN
PAM-CRASH
Presentations
September 21, 2006 | by DatapointLabs | views 4564
The volume of plastics that are subjected to impact simulation has grown rapidly. In a previous paper, we discussed why different material models are needed to describe the highly varied behavior exhibited by these materials. In this paper, we cover the subject in more detail, exploring in depth, the nuances of commonly used LS-DYNA material models for plastics, covering important exceptions and criteria related to their use.
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Plastics
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Consumer Products
Material Supplier
Industrial Goods
Packaging
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
PAM-CRASH
Altair RADIOSS
Research Papers
April 28, 2005 | by DatapointLabs | views 4961
High strain-rate properties have many applications in the simulation of automotive crash and product drop testing.
These properties are difficult to measure. These difficulties result from inaccuracies in extensometry at high strain
rates due to extensometer slippage and background noise due to the sudden increase in stress at the start of the
test. To eliminate these inaccuracies we use an inferential technique that correlates strain to extension at low
strain rates and show that this can be extended to measure strain at higher strain rates
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Mechanical
Plastics
Rate Dependency
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Consumer Products
Material Supplier
Toys/Sporting Goods
Packaging
Home Appliances
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
MSC.DYTRAN
PAM-CRASH
Research Papers
October 22, 1997 | by DatapointLabs | views 4912
With the recent changes in the crashworthiness requirements for US automobiles for improved safety, design engineers are being challenged to design interior trim systems comprised of polymeric materials to meet these new impact requirements. Impact analysis programs are being used increasingly by designers to gain an insight into the final part performance during the design stage. Material models play a crucial role in these design simulations by representing the response of the material to an applied stimulus. In this work, we seek to develop novel test methods to generate high speed stress-strain properties of plastics, which can be used as input to structural analysis programs...
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Plastics
Metals
Aerospace and Defense
Material Supplier
Toys/Sporting Goods
Packaging
Home Appliances
High Speed Testing
Nonlinear Material Models
Structural Analysis
Thermoforming
LS-DYNA
Abaqus
ANSYS
MSC.DYTRAN
PAM-CRASH
Research Papers