Working with Composite Structures on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
Determination of the ‘best’ design for a composite structure requires careful consideration of many factors. Structural performance of a component must often be balanced by the ability to manufacture it quickly and with minimal waste.
This eSeminar (in the SIMULIA Learning Community) explores how SIMULIA Apps on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform can be used to explore and optimize all aspects of composite design, from initial sizing through to manufacturing processes. If you’re accessing the Learning Community for the first time, you’ll be asked to create an account—all you need is an email address!
Using the example of an automotive B-Pillar the eSeminar aims to show how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides the basis for all stakeholders involved in the design and production of composites components to collaborate in order to ensure the final design meets all key requirements. A consistent and shared data model, with the 3D design at its core, provides the necessary integration to ensure all key requirements are managed in the same environment, providing essential decision support during design optimization and trade-off studies.
Key Questions
Q: Can the user use traditional shell elements compared to continuum shell elements?
Q: Can we do similar analysis if different partners have different tools by manually adding different analyses?
Q: In terms of the licenses, is every block tool in 3DEXPERIENCE part of a different package or do they come in one?
Q: Do the users in industry sometimes stack shells for obtaining correct sheer stress distribution through the thickness?
Q: After draping, does each element have its own fiber angle?
Q: Can you map the fiber angles from FE forming simulations rather than kinematic simulations?
Presenter
Karl Kueres – 3DEXPERIENCE Engagement Manager
Karl is a 3DEXPERIENCE Engagement Manager in the SIMULIA Growth team, providing technical solution support to various industries in their adoption of the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. He joined HKS (later Abaqus, which was acquired in 2005 by Dassault Systèmes) in 2002 after graduating from Cambridge University with a Master’s Degree in Engineering. Karl spent 8 years working in the UK technical team supporting the Abaqus suite of products, during which time he spent several months providing onsite support at major automotive and aerospace clients.
To learn the answers to the key questions and to see the full eSeminar replay, log on here to the SIMULIA Learning Community¹.
