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  1. 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB Kickoff Workshop

    04 Sep 2014 | Series | Contributor(s): SME Project

    The Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB held a kick-off workshop at Purdue University on May 29-30, 2013 with over 100 attendees from industry, academia and government.  Select presentations from the workshop are included in this series.

  2. A Critical Assessment of Computer Tools for Calculating Composites Wind Turbine Blade Properties

    16 Mar 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): Nikki Huang

    The purpose of this paper is to critically assess several computer tools for calculating the inertial and structural properties of wind turbine blades. The theoretical foundation of each tool is briefly summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of each tool are pointed out. Several...

  3. ABAQUS-VABS GUI

    29 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Nikki Huang

    A Python script used to convert the input file generated by ABAQUS for VABS, a detailed step-by-step instruction using ABAQUS CAE to generate a simple beam section (composite anisotropic pipe)  is also given. Python scripts for generating more complex sections such as real...

  4. Anousch Poursartip UBC CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  5. ANSYS-VABS Graphic User Interface (GUI)

    03 Aug 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Nikki Huang

    This resource contains the release package of ANSYS-VABS GUI.VABS code is NOT included. Manual and the source scripts for the interface can be found in the Supporting Documents.This GUI was developed based on ANSYS Release...

  6. CDM HUB Breakout Sessions

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

    Breakout sessions from the May 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB workshop

  7. CDM Hub Breakout Sessions 1 and 2 B-Roll

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  8. CDM Hub Breakout Sessions Introduction

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  9. CDM Hub Introduction

    17 Mar 2015 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  10. Chuck Tucker UIUC CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  11. Constitutive modeling for time- and temperature-dependent behavior of composites

    08 Jan 2020 | Publications

    Structural integrity, durability, and thermal stability represent critical areas for adequately modeling the behavior of composite materials. Polymeric matrices are prone to have time-dependent behavior very sensitive to changes in temperature that influence the effective properties of the...

  12. Gillespie CCM

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

    Presentation at the May 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB workshop

  13. Greg Schoeppner CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  14. Hubert McGill

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

    Presentation at the May 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB workshop

  15. iVABS

    19 Nov 2020 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Nikki Huang

    iVABS (namely integrated VABS), is a design framework for composite slender structures (also called composite beams) such as helicopter rotor blades, wind turbine blades, high aspect ratio wings, bridges, shafts, etc. This framework bundles PreVABS, VABS, GEBT, Dakota, along with msgpi for...

  16. Jack Gillespie CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  17. Jacob Fish Columbia CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  18. Jerry Young Boeing CDM Hub

    15 Feb 2019 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

  19. MSC.Patran/Nastran-SwiftComp GUI

    01 Apr 2019 | Downloads

    A graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed to integrate SwiftComp into MSC.Patran/Nastran for constitutive modeling and providing the automated conversion of the MSG plate and beam stiffness matrix into MSC.Nastran shell and beam element properties and materials. In order to reduce...

  20. Nanohub and the HUBzero Platform

    16 Aug 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SME Project

    Dr. Michael McLennan describes the nanoHUB and HUBzero platform at the May 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB workshop.