Integrating Materials Data Management into Design Optimization & Simulation

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1 Integrating Materials Data Management into Design Optimization & Simulation Dan Williams - Product Manager 8 November

2 Materials are... What s so important about materials?...a crucial input to FEA calculations Garbage in, Garbage out Increased confidence in properties -> design closer to limits...an opportunity for optimization Increase performance per unit mass / volume Address cost or environmental objectives without compromising performance...the missing link between design and manufacturability Can we source it and afford it? Is there an equivalent in Country X? Is there an alternative if our supply is disrupted?... so we need materials information in design

3 What s so complicated about materials data?

4 What s so complicated about materials data?

5 What s so complicated about materials data?

6 Industry Collaborations since 2002 AWE Boeing Honeywell Aerospace GE - Aviation GE - Energy Lockheed Martin Los Alamos Nat Labs NASA Northrop Grumman Oak Ridge Nat Labs Raytheon Rolls-Royce Sandia Nat Labs US Navy US Army Research Labs Boeing EADS Astrium Satellites Emerson Electric Eurocopter Honeywell Baker Hughes DePuy Emerson Electric Ethicon Endosurgery Lockheed Martin NASA NPL Rolls-Royce Thales US Army Res. Labs Moen NASA Rhodia Sulzer TRW Automotive

7 Materials lifecycle best practice MAINTAIN CAPTURE Capture & maintain context Change management Security / access control ANALYZE Process test data Create approved models for FEA Forensic analysis Statistical process control

8 The importance of pedigree The design strength is definitely 56MPa. But what exactly did we test??

9 Traceability of composites data Source: Warde S., Marsden W., Data Management for Composite Materials (2010)

10 Material Optimization requires data! Glass fibre filled materials Source: CES Selector 2012 Software

11 New materials and traditional competition Source: CES Selector 2012 Software

12 Traditional Approach Materials Group CAE Community RADIOSS RADIOSS RADIOSS Material files Manual, infrequent publishing RADIOSS RADIOSS RADIOSS a Static cards available on server Islands of data Manual, infrequent updates Error-prone and slow Limited opportunities for material optimization

13 Granta approach Materials Group CAE Community One system for all materials data Request a material and model Materials Database Get the latest data RADIOSS Direct import or file export Mechanical, physical, thermal, electrical... Price, availability, eco impact... Risk of obsolescence... Tools to support optimization, ecodesign, etc. Controlled, up-to-date, globally accessible

14 Integration Workflow In house, test & reference OPTION 1: file output OPTION 2: direct integration RADIOSS HyperForm Solvers & Specialist Tools (e.g. RADIOSS, HyperForm) CAE Pre & Post (e.g. HyperMesh)

15 Example RADIOSS export

16 Integration example

17 Concluding thoughts Materials are an opportunity for optimization Data is often multidimensional and history-specific Pedigree and traceability is vital for forensic analysis CAD, CAE and PLM users need an on-demand gold source managed materials system Materials information can be integrated at the heart of design and optimization

18 Thank You Any questions?