Integrated Design and Analysis of Composite Structures using FiberSIM and ANSYS ACP

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1 Integrated Design and Analysis of Composite Structures using FiberSIM and ANSYS ACP Olivier Guillermin, PhD Director of Product and Market Strategy VISTAGY, Inc. 1 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

2 About VISTAGY, Inc. Leading provider of industryspecific engineering software and services Established in 1991 Aerospace Automotive Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Well established worldwide business Nearly 300 customers across the globe users Energy 2 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

3 Strategic Partner The world s leading companies rely on VISTAGY to help them engineer success Work how you think Communicate more effectively Make better-informed decisions Reuse engineering data Help reduce your costs and cycle times, improve your top and bottom line Support your thought leadership and innovative business strategy 3 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

4 The VISTAGY Advantage Deep understanding of your industry Aero/auto/marine/wind Structures; Composite Materials Domain Expertise Process Knowledge Deep, synthetic, cross-disciplinary workflows Design/Analysis Manufacturing Processes Industry-Specific Solutions 3D CAD Integration Native geometric integration with underlying CAD/Viewer data model CATIA Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER) NX VISTAGY enhances the highest performing 3D platforms by applying domain expertise and specialized process knowledge to efficiently create error-free, optimized composite structures 4 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

5 VISTAGY s Product Portfolio for designing and manufacturing innovative, durable and lightweight composite structures for designing and manufacturing complex assemblies and large aerostructures QPE Quality Planning Environment for developing plans to assess aerostructure quality SDE Seat Design Environment for designing and manufacturing innovative transportation seat systems and interior components And more 5 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

6 A Complete Engineering Environment for Composite Design CFD/Structural Layout Conceptual part definition Design methods ply, zone, grid, blade Interface to analysis Design verification Producibility Design Review Splicing, core design Weight calculations Cost modeling Materials & processes Offset surface mockup, mating 6 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

7 And a Seamless Link to Manufacturing Engineering Release Design Review Create technical documentation Generate flat patterns On time On budget On spec Generate laser projection data Generate data for automated placement 7 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

8 FiberSIM Open Architecture Enables Customer Driven Best-in-Class Solutions Cutting and Nesting Partners Automated Deposition Partners Laser Projection Partners 8 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

9 Evolution of Composites Engineering Design and Manufacturing focus Design and Analysis focus Draping software Design environment Seamless link to manufacturing Advanced design CAD / CAE integration Make it! Make it better! 9 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

10 Main Pain Points in Composite Design and Analysis Integration The analysis models lack accuracy and completeness Fiber orientations are incorrect; not accounting for compound curvature Zone or ply shapes used in FEA are approximate; limited by the data available Ply dropoffs and other key design details are missing The transfer of data between design and analysis is slow and manual Analysts looking for many more cycles, faster, earlier in the process Transfer of zone and laminate specs to design done by tables, diagrams Transfer of ply shapes and fiber orientations to analysis done by drawings Lengthy paper/verbal process for design changes, analysis changes The data exchange process is unreliable and incomplete Use of spreadsheets, verbal communications and s Time consuming Errors due to interpretation, inattention Designers and analysts feel they don t get complete information from the other parties The engineering process is too sequential Delays are incurred Limits the number of iterations and changes possible Eventually: there is a disconnect between design, stress and manufacturing What s analyzed is not what s designed and manufactured 10 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

11 Toward Resolving the Design and Analysis Communication Problem Structure Layout Laminate Specs Domain Abstractions Structure Layout Laminate Specs Stress Analyst CAD Designer CAE Geometry Clean-up CAD 11 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

12 Support Abstraction on Multiple Levels Full scale validation Specification Validation Aircraft Sections Stiffened panels Parts and joints VCCT, damage models Composite meso and micro models 12 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

13 Enabling a Concurrent Design and Analysis Workflow CAE CAD Preliminary Design Layout Design Details Sizing Integrate Sizing Investigate Refine Integrate Optimization Optimization ZONES Strategy LAYERS PLIES Optimize Validate Manufacturing Detail 13 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

14 FiberSIM Ply Data Export to ANSYS Composite PrePost FiberSIM ANSYS ACP 14 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

15 ANSYS Composite PrePost Ply Data Export to FiberSIM Principal stress plot FiberSIM Deformation plot ANSYS ACP Thickness plot 15 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

16 FiberSIM and ACP Interaction (Videos) Initial Layup Definition in Ansys ACP: Detailed Layup Definition in FiberSIM: Final Layup Validation in Ansys ACP: 16 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

17 Take Away In recent years, achieving deeper integration of composites design and analysis has become a key challenge Need to better and faster optimize composite parts; for weight and cost reduction Abstractions and open format data exchange is the fastest and most efficient route to powerful integration of design and analysis software Together VISTAGY and ANSYS are actively engaged in a comprehensive integration effort Ply and zone design; optimization and validation analysis; for multiple part types; across industries (aero, auto, wind, marine) 17 ANSYS, Inc. September 22,

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