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C o m p o S I D E p re s e nt s

Pre-Processing Composites for FEADedicated tools for materials data, ply generation and

laminate analysis

Lorenzo Bossi (Sales & Marketing Manager) & Samuel Ashton (Application Engineer)

A ge n d a

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Introduction to CompoSIDE

Pre-Processing for Composites Design & FEA

Live Demonstration

¤ CompoSIDE Workflow

¤ General CAD/FEA Workflow

¤ Ansys ACP Link Workflow

Questions & Answers

Conclusion

Introduction to CompoSIDE

I n t ro d u c t i o n t o C o m p o S I D E


Composites

Software

Integrated

Design

Engineering

Launched January 2015

Over 100 Accounts in 2015

Over 250 Accounts to date

Working with Composi tes


ENGINEERING

PROCESS

MATERIALS

C o m p o S I D E E nv i ro n m e n t

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Project Management

Materials Laminates

2D/3D Engineering

3rd Party Integration

Sourcing & Manufacturing

CompoSIDEMain Modules

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P R OJ E C T S p a c e

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Project Management¤ Create and Archive Projects

¤ Manage Users Rights

Project Customization¤ Safety Factors

¤ Failure Settings

¤ BoM Settings

Manage Project Items¤ Materials, Plies, Laminates

¤ Products, Beams, Panels

¤ Loads and Reports

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C M D B & P LYG e n

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Building your Material Library ¤ Base Materials library

¤ Micro-mechanics - PLYGen

¤ Reference material data

Browsing your Materials¤ Properties for calculation

¤ Material Comparison

¤ Materials Selection

Organizing Materials¤ Company vs. Project Materials

¤ Material Selections


C M D B+

( A d d o n )

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1,250+ Materials Data¤ Cores, Fibres, Adhesives, Resins

¤ Woods, Plywoods, Plastics, Metals

¤ 890+ Plies

Manufacturer Independent¤ Characteristic Values

¤ Multiple sources

Fit for Design / FEA¤ Export to FEA: Materials, Plies,

Laminates

¤ Ansys, Nastran, OptiStruct, Radioss

¤ Export to Excel / API


M a t e r i a l L i b ra r i e s

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CS Material Library: The CMDB Addonwith Design & FEA ready materials.

My Company Materials: Your own private materials library.

Active Project Materials: All materials used within your active project.

Project materials can be grouped into selections for easier material data management.

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L A M I N A S p a c e

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Laminate Definition¤ Laminate families

¤ Base/Sub-Laminate

Extended CLT¤ Eng. Constants, Allowables, Through

Thickness Shear, Sandwich Stability, Loads

¤ Coefficients of Thermal Expansion (CTE)

Laminate Management¤ Review and Store Laminate

¤ Automatic Detailed Reports

¤ Create Shells

¤ Export Laminate Tables (Excel)

¤ Export to FEA


S E C T I O N S p a c e

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Geometry¤ Creation, Import, Modelling

Section Definition¤ Thin-wall/solid section

¤ Laminates/Materials

¤ Offsets

Section Properties

Section Load Capacity¤ Allowable Loads

¤ RF

Failure Analysis

Section Design/Optimization


F E S p a c e

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Geometry¤ Creation, Import, Modelling

FEM / FEA¤ Automatic Mesh, Refinements

¤ Linear, Buckling, Modal

¤ Store and Retrieve Analysis

Calculations¤ RF (Beams, Shell)

¤ Element (Beam, Shell)

Topology Management

Linked to SECTIONSpace


R E P O R T S p a c e

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Automated Reporting¤ Standard Templates

¤ Custom Templates

Integrated Reporting¤ Laminate

¤ Section (+RF)

¤ BoMGen

¤ YACHTScant

Reports Management¤ Issue and Revise

¤ Share HTML / PDF


B o M G e n

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Automated BoM Generation¤ Materials, Plies, Laminates

¤ Sections, FE Models

¤ Update modifications

BoM Prices¤ Material Costs

¤ Usage / Wastage Factors

BoM Issue¤ PDF / HTML

¤ Revisions


Live Demonstration

C a s e S t u d y – L i g h t w e i g h t Pa n e l


Additional Patches

Basic LaminateCarbon Fibre/Epoxy

InfusedCore Material = ???

Edge Capping as Beam Elements

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Materials data

Ply GenerationCS Materials

Library

LAMINASpace

Extended CLT

2D & 3D Design

Finite Elements

Reporting

Bill of MaterialsPost-Processing

Existing Materials Data

D e s i g n Wo r k f l o w 2 : G e n e ra l C A D / F E A


Materials data

Ply Generation

LAMINASpace

Extended CLT

CS Materials Library

Existing Materials Data

D e s i g n Wo r k f l o w 3 : A n sy s A C P L i n k


Materials data

Ply Generation

LAMINASpace

Extended CLT

ANSYS ACP Model

Orientations, Sets & Rules

FELink

Ansys ACP Model

Conclusion

C o m p o S I D E

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Import your Materials and Plies via Excel

Complement Library with CMDB+Export to FEA

Link with Ansys ACP

C o n c l u s i o n


Use CompoSIDE as a Stand Alone solution for composites engineering

Use as a complement to general CAD/FEA software

Link to Ansys ACP for rules and orientations sets definition

Consolidate Materials & Plies Data, Laminates eCLT in CompoSIDE

More FE Links coming…

Ta n g i b l e B e n e f i t s

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Improved efficiency

Easily Accessible & Scalable

Saving days of engineering resources

Improved quality and consistency of deliverables

Reduced project costs

S u p p o r t & Tra i n i n g

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Video Tutorials

Live Chat

Support

FAQs

Webinars

Knowledge Base

Technical Documentation

Dedicated Training

Engineering Services

www.composide.com/support-and-training

Questions & Answers

Thank you

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