Adaptive Multi-Scale & Multi-Fidelity Progressive Failure Analysis of Composites

14 Nov 2022

Although high-fidelity modeling of progressive damage has advanced our understanding of failure mechanisms in fibre-reinforced composites, such techniques are currently still too computationally intensive for direct application to composite structures. The multi-scale nature of damage in...

Practical Developments in Multiscale Modeling of Composites

07 Apr 2021

Validated models (be they data driven or physics based) can accelerate the design, certification, and ultimate deployment of novel materials and structures by allowing rapid iteration and virtual experimentation while at the same time minimizing the need for expensive and time consuming physical...

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

08 Jan 2020

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...

MSC.Patran/Nastran-SwiftComp GUI

01 Apr 2019

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...

MSC.Patran/Nastran-SwiftComp GUI

01 Apr 2019

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...

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

23 Jan 2019

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...

Woven fabrics UMAT- a coupled material model

02 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s): Ali Roumani

One of the advantages of woven fabrics over unidirectional prepregs is their superior formability thanks to the large shear deformation capability. There exists, however, a limit on the shear deformation of woven fabrics, namely the wrinkling. Applying tension to delay wrinkling during forming...

Abaqus plugins for Nonlinear Acoustics

06 Jul 2017

This paper introduces generalized tools in the form of plugins for a commonly used commercial finite element package Abaqus/Standard to model the nonlinear acoustic methods for detection of delamination damage in composite laminates. The nonlinear acoustic methods typically involve exciting a...

Injection Overmolding Manufacturing Process Simulation

29 Jun 2017 | Online Presentations

Injection over-molding or hybrid molding is a high-rate composites manufacturing process for fabrication of structural components with complex geometries.  The structural backbone is provided by a continuous-fiber woven prepreg while the geometric complexity is realized via injection...

TexGen4SC

13 May 2013 | Tools

Modeling of woven fabric composites generated by TexGen using SwiftComp

Demystifying Composites Simulation for Performance

30 Nov 2024 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Ali Roumani

The presentation given in IACMI Tutorial session before the 2016 Summer Members Meeting. It tried to explain in layman terms modeling and simulation, and composites, pointed out the barriers we need to overcome to reap full benefits of simulation for composites innovation. 

A Unified Theory for Constitutive Modeling of Composites

14 Aug 2014 | Publications

A unified theory for multiscale constitutive modeling of composites is developed using the concept of structure genomes. Generalized from the concept of the representative volume element, a structure genome is defined as the smallest mathematical building block of a structure. Structure...

2015 cdmHUB Workshop

13 May 2013 | Series

Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop held at Purdue University on November 3-5, 2015.  Both lectures slides and lecture videos are presented.

2015 cdmHUB Workshop

23 Jul 2014 | Series

Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop held at Purdue University on November 3-5, 2015.  Both lectures slides and lecture videos are presented.

2015 cdmHUB Workshop

30 Nov 2024 | Series | Contributor(s): Ali Roumani

Composites Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Workshop held at Purdue University on November 3-5, 2015.  Both lectures slides and lecture videos are presented.

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...

CATIA Composites Braiding

13 May 2013 | Animations

A tool developed with BMW for strong structural Composites parts. Composites braiding is for high output cylindrical parts with minimal waste.

CATIA Composites Braiding

30 Nov 2024 | Animations | Contributor(s): Ali Roumani

A tool developed with BMW for strong structural Composites parts. Composites braiding is for high output cylindrical parts with minimal waste.

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

14 Aug 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...

DiBenedetto Equation: Tg and DOC

23 Jul 2014 | Tools

DiBenedetto Equation: Glass Transition Temperature Dependence on Degree of Cure