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...

ANSYS Workbench SwiftComp GUI

03 Jan 2019

This resource contains the download of the release package of ANSYS Workbench SwiftComp GUI. Please be advised that what you download is the GUI only. You have to fill the form at http://analyswift.com/software-trial/ to request SwiftComp from AnalySwift LLC...

TexGen4SC Tutorial #1: Homogenization Analysis of Textile Composites with Arbitrary Inter-ply Shifts

03 Jan 2017

This tutorial shows how to use TexGen4SC to perform homogenization analysis of textile composites with arbitrary inter-ply shifts. A companion video is available on YouTube. TexGen4SC can be launched directly from https://cdmhub.org/tools/texgen4sc. A python script for the...

Free Edge Stress Analysis of Laminated Structures with Arbitrary Cross Sections Using Mechanics of Structure Genome

12 Dec 2016 | Publications

This is the master thesis from Lingxuan Zhou advised by Prof. Yu. In this thesis, free-edge stress analysis of composite laminated structures with arbitrary cross sections is dealt with using mechanics of structure genome (MSG). A cross-sectional analysis specialized from MSG is...

TexGen4SC

14 Feb 2014 | Tools

Modeling of woven fabric composites generated by TexGen using SwiftComp

Generalized Free-Edge Stress Analysis Using Mechanics of Structure Genome

28 May 2014 | Publications

This work reveals the potential of mechanics of structure genome (MSG) for the free-edge stress analysis of composite laminates. First, the cross-sectional analysis specialized from MSG is formulated for solving a generalized free-edge problem of composite laminates. Then, MSG and the companion...

Orthotropic Stress Concentration Factor

25 Sep 2014 | Tools

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

ANSYS-SwiftComp GUI

28 May 2014 | Downloads

This resource contains the download of the release package of ANSYS-SwiftComp GUI. Please be advised that what you download is the GUI only. You have to fill the form at http://analyswift.com/software-trial/ to request SwiftComp from AnalySwift LLC for performing the...

ABAQUS-SwiftComp GUI

19 May 2016 | Downloads

This resource contains the download of the release package of ABAQUS-SwiftComp GUI.  Please be advised that what you download is the GUI only, you have to fill the form at http://analyswift.com/software-trial/ to request SwiftComp from AnalySwift LLC for performing the...

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

18 May 2016 | Downloads

This is the presentation given as a Purdue Solid Mechanics Seminar on 5/18/2016. It summarizes the most recent devleopments up to the time of presentation. 

A Unified Theory for Constitutive Modeling of Composites

18 Apr 2016 | 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

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.

Mechanics of Structure Genome: Reproduce 3D FEA Using Simple Structural Models for Aero Structures

10 Sep 2015 | Online Presentations

This presentation is an extended lecture delivered to the Boeing FEA Community of Excellence on Sept 10th.The Mechanics of Structure Genome (MSG) has been recently developed at Purdue with the promise to revolutionize the analysis of composite structures. MSG can reproduce 3D FEA using simple...

SwiftComp: Right Results Right Away

13 May 2015 | 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...

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...

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

06 Jan 2015 | 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...

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

08 Oct 2014 | Teaching Materials

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

Plane-Stress Compliance Transform

25 Sep 2014 | Tools

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

Effective Lamina and Laminate Properties

14 Feb 2014 | Tools

Calculate effective lamina and laminate properties from phase properties and layup.

Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model

14 Feb 2014 | Tools

Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties