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  1. VABS: Powering Simple Beam Elements with Detailed 3D FEA Fidelity

    06 Jan 2017

    This presentation gives a brief introduction to VABS, a general-purpose cross-sectional analysis, which can power conventional, simple beam elements with detailed 3D FEA fidelity. 

  2. 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...

  3. TexGen4SC

    14 Feb 2014 | Tools

    Modeling of woven fabric composites generated by TexGen using SwiftComp

  4. 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.

  5. 2015 cdmHUB Workshop

    14 Feb 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.

  6. Skill of Using Surface Element in ANSYS

    14 Feb 2014 | 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...

  7. NAFEMS Invitation to Tender: How to Obtain Material Properties for Structural Analysis of Composites

    23 Jul 2014 | White Papers/Research Documents

    The NAFEMS Composites Working Group wishes to commission a new document with the suggested title "How to Obtain Material Properties for Structural Analysis of Composites". The book will be a companion volume to the existing NAFEMS publications "An introduction to the use of material models in...

  8. 2013 Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB Kickoff Workshop

    23 Jul 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.

  9. Effective Lamina and Laminate Properties

    14 Feb 2014 | Tools

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

  10. Halpin-Tsai Micromechanics Model

    14 Feb 2014 | Tools

    Calculate homogenized lamina properties from fiber and matrix properties