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  1. NAFEMS Invitation to Tender: How to Obtain Material Properties for Structural Analysis of Composites

    13 Feb 2015

    The NAFEMS Composites Working Group wishes to commission a new document with the suggested title "How to Obtain Material Properties for Structural Analysis of Composites". The book will be a companion volume to the existing NAFEMS publications "An introduction to the use of material models in...

  2. Numerical characterization of effective fully coupled thermo-electro-magneto-viscoelastic-plastic response of smart composites

    18 Jul 2017

  3. Orthotropic Stress Concentration Factor

    25 Sep 2014 | Tools

    Calculates the stress concentration factor for a circular hole in an infinite orthotropic plate

  4. Plane-Stress Compliance Transform

    25 Sep 2014 | Tools

    Transforms 2D compliance terms by rotation about the 3-axis

  5. Presentation of Micromechanics Simulation Challenge Level I Initial Results

    10 Oct 2013 | Downloads

    The attached slides summarize the Micromechanics Simulation Challenge Level I Initial Results in a presentation format. The complete report can be found at https://cdmhub.org/resources/948, and all the files supporting the results can be found...

  6. Skill of Using Surface Element in ANSYS

    10 Oct 2013 | Downloads

    Dear All, For those ANSYS users, please check the attached skill of using surface element, “Surface_Effect_Elements.pdf”, to apply the surface tangent traction. It works well for homogenization simulations, and also for some beams structure validations. This attached zip file also...

  7. Structure Genome: Fill the Gap between Materials Genome and Structural Analysis

    28 May 2014 | Online Presentations

    This presentation is given at 2015 AIAA SciTech conference. A new concept, Structure Genome (SG), is proposed to fill the gap between materials genome and structural analysis. SG acts as the basic building block of the structure connecting materials to structures and the mechanics of SG governs...

  8. Structure Genome: Fill the Gap between Materials Genome and Structural Analysis

    10 Oct 2013 | Publications

    A new concept, Structure Genome (SG), is proposed to fill the gap between materials genome and structural analysis. SG acts as the basic building block of the structure connecting materials to structures and the mechanics of SG governs the necessary information to link materials genome and...

  9. SwiftComp: Right Results Right Away

    28 May 2014 | Online Presentations

    This presentation gives a brief review of SwiftComp which is a general-purpose multiscale constitutive modeling code. It can bridge microstructure with the final macroscopic structural model. It takes a FE mesh of Structure Genome, which is defined as the smallest mathematical building block of...

  10. The Mission, Vision and Programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB

    25 Sep 2014 | Teaching Materials

    The presentation outlines the mission, vision and programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB as of October 2014.

  11. VABS: Powering Simple Beam Elements with Detailed 3D FEA Fidelity

    04 Jun 2014 | Downloads

    This presentation gives a brief introduction to VABS, a general-purpose cross-sectional analysis, which can power conventional, simple beam elements with detailed 3D FEA fidelity.