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2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB Kickoff Workshop
04 Sep 2014 | Series
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.
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2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB Kickoff Workshop
04 Sep 2014 | Series
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.
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2015 cdmHUB Workshop
05 Jan 2016 | Series
Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop held at Purdue University on November 3-5, 2015. Both lectures slides and lecture videos are presented.
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Analysis of Slender Structures Using Mechanics of Structure Genome and Open Source Codes
18 Apr 2016 | Publications
This is the Master thesis from Xin Liu in Prof Yu’s research group. In this thesis, the Mechanics of Structure Genome (MSG) has be used to provide an alternative way to model composite beam-like structures. Basic concept of MSG is introduced as well as the idea of how to carry out...
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Announcement for the 2014 Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop
27 Jun 2014 | Teaching Materials
Flyer announcement for the 2014 Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop to be held at Purdue University, August 5-7, 2014.The Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB is holding a hands-on workshop in composites design, analysis and manufacturing. Join us at Purdue University on...
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Classical Laminate Plate Theory
22 May 2013 | Tools
Prediction of stresses and strains in a laminated plate of infinite in-plane dimensions. Allows for application of thermal and edge loads.
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Composite Materials and Structures 1972-2012: Grand Challenges
22 May 2013 | Teaching Materials
Professor R. Byron Pipes presents the Grand Challenges for Composite Materials for the next 40 years at the American Society of Composites Conference in Arlington, TX on October 2, 2012.
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Composite Materials and Structures 1972-2012: Grand Challenges
28 May 2014 | Teaching Materials
Professor R. Byron Pipes presents the Grand Challenges for Composite Materials for the next 40 years at the American Society of Composites Conference in Arlington, TX on October 2, 2012.
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Effective Lamina and Laminate Properties
22 May 2013 | Tools
Calculate effective lamina and laminate properties from phase properties and layup.
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Free Edge Elasticity Solution
22 May 2013 | Tools
Simulate stress, strain and displacements in an composite angle-ply laminate subjected to uniform axial extension, anticlastic curvature and thermoelastic deformation.
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Free-Edge Elasticity Solution: Tool Taxonomy and Evaluation
22 May 2013 | 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...
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Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model
22 May 2013 | Tools
Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Puck Failure Criteria
22 May 2013 | 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...
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Structure Genome: Fill the Gap between Materials Genome and Structural Analysis
28 May 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...
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The Mission, Vision and Programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB
22 May 2013 | Teaching Materials
The presentation outlines the mission, vision and programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB as of October 2014.
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The Mission, Vision and Programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB
28 May 2014 | Teaching Materials
The presentation outlines the mission, vision and programs of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB as of October 2014.