Free-Edge Elasticity Solution: Tool Taxonomy and Evaluation

22 May 2014 | White Papers/Research Documents

A review of the free-edge elasticity solution tool, including tool taxonomy and evaluation.  An overview of the solution development is provided, followed by numerous examples of tool use and evaluation.  The document concludes with an evaluation of the tool maturity level.  The...

Free-Edge Elasticity Solution: Tool Taxonomy and Evaluation

22 May 2014 | White Papers/Research Documents

A review of the free-edge elasticity solution tool, including tool taxonomy and evaluation.  An overview of the solution development is provided, followed by numerous examples of tool use and evaluation.  The document concludes with an evaluation of the tool maturity level.  The...

Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model

22 May 2013 | Tools

Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties

Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model

13 May 2013 | Tools

Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties

Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model

14 Feb 2014 | Tools

Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties

HyperSizer for Composites: Insanely Fast Laminate Optimization

13 May 2013 | Tool Information

95% of users, without user manual, and without instruction, will be able to import their FEM and produce optimum composites laminates that satisfy all analyses to all load cases within the first 10 minutes. Your automatically updated model will have minimum weight and fully producible laminates...

HyperSizer for Composites: Insanely Fast Laminate Optimization

28 May 2014 | Tool Information

95% of users, without user manual, and without instruction, will be able to import their FEM and produce optimum composites laminates that satisfy all analyses to all load cases within the first 10 minutes. Your automatically updated model will have minimum weight and fully producible laminates...

HyperSizer Pro Software from Collier Research

22 May 2013 | Tool Information

HyperSizer® is Design, Analysis, and Optimization Software for Composite and Metallic Structures HyperSizer is used throughout the design process--including certification--to quantify all critical failure modes, reduce structural weight, and sequence composite laminates for fabrication to...

HyperSizer Pro Software from Collier Research

28 May 2014 | Tool Information

HyperSizer® is Design, Analysis, and Optimization Software for Composite and Metallic Structures HyperSizer is used throughout the design process--including certification--to quantify all critical failure modes, reduce structural weight, and sequence composite laminates for fabrication to...

Interlaminar Stresses in Symmetric Angle-Ply Laminates Subjected to Anticlastic Bending Deformation

22 May 2013 | Tool Information

The aim of the present work is to develop a solution for the interlaminar stress field in a symmetric and balanced,  angle-ply laminate subjected to anticlastic bending deformation.  Further, this class of problems is considered in order to elucidate the behavior of angle-ply laminates...

Multiscale analysis of multilayer printed circuit board using Mechanics of Structure Genome

23 Jan 2019 | Publications

The structure of Printed Circuit board (PCB) is very complicated because it consists of woven composites and custom defined conducting layers. To improve the reliability of PCB, it is critical to predict the constitutive relations accurately. This study by implementing Mechanics of Structure...

New Developments in Platelet Composite Performance

15 Feb 2023 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xuan Wang

New Developments in Platelet Composite Rheology

15 Feb 2023 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xuan Wang

New Developments in Platelet Meso-scale Measurements

15 Feb 2023 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xuan Wang

Puck Failure Criteria

31 Jul 2017 | Downloads

Composite materials have been established as competitive materials during the last few decades due to their high strength to l ow weight ratio among other advantages and are widely used in many industries. A recent study has found that the industrial usage of composite failure...

Skill of Using Surface Element in ANSYS

26 Mar 2015 | 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...

State of the Art of Rheology of Concentrated Suspensions

14 Feb 2023 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xuan Wang

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

29 Nov 2014 | 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...

TexGen4SC

13 May 2013 | Tools

Modeling of woven fabric composites generated by TexGen using SwiftComp

TexGen4SC

14 Feb 2014 | Tools

Modeling of woven fabric composites generated by TexGen using SwiftComp