We've recently made some new and exciting simulation technology available for a limited testing period via Autodesk labs. There are two worth noting, one with particular ties to Simulation Moldflow. Each is detailed below.
Autodesk Project Sundance
Project Sundance is a free technology preview that allows direct integration of fiber orientation results from Simulation Moldflow Insight fiber analyses for use to run nonlinear structural simulation in Abaqus Standard or Explicit.
Sundance offers an intuitive user interface and streamlined workflow that helps you set up your simulation easily and accurately. Simply import both your Moldflow study (with fill+pack+fiber analyses run) and structural models and apply nonlinear data and calculate material model parameters. The structural model does not need run prior to use, though we recommend that a linear run with an isotropic material defined is analyzed to ensure the model set up is correct.
Sundance helps you inspect and judge if the meshes are suitable for mapping and then maps the Moldflow fiber orientation results to the structural model. Finally, export the updated structural model to your FEA package for simulation.
Key Benefits Offered by Sundance:
- Seamlessly integrates into your nonlinear FEA solver
- Allows the structural application and Moldflow to use meshes appropriate for the respective applications
- Applies multi-scale analysis to every material point within the model
- Enables different properties for fiber and matrix constituents
- Currently supports elastic-plastic material model with failure in the matrix constituent
- Technology allows the model to capture different nonlinear behaviors with varying fiber orientations
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Autodesk Project Cassidy
Project Cassidy is a free technology preview of a composite plate bending simulation tool that allows designers and engineers to optimize composite layups for complex-geometry plates under bending loads.
Project Cassidy allows users to import their own 3D part geometry for composite plates and simulate their response for a specific laminate and load configuration. Project Cassidy walks through the simulation steps required for composite materials by helping the user build laminates, define material orientations of the laminate on the geometry, and simulate the plate under bending loads. Project Cassidy will graphically inform the user of maximum displacements, failure indices, factors of safety, and even display the material orientations of the laminate on the 3D geometry defined by the user. Part weight and thickness is displayed after a composite laminate is applied to the geometry.
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