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Datapoint Newsletter: Spring 2021, Vol. 27.1

DatapointLabs Will Move, Summer '21; Get Your Testing in Now. Partner Showcase: Altair

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High Speed Testing Structural Analysis Composites RADIOSS Newsletters


Verification & Validation of LSDYNA Simulations

Interactive, online training course offered by www.lsdyna-online.com.

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Structural Analysis LS-DYNA Validation


Datapoint Newsletter: Summer 2021, Vol. 27.2

DatapointLabs Poised for Growth after Move

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Density Rheology Thermal Mechanical Newsletters


Influence of Material Scatter to Simulation Results with ALTAIR RADIOSS

Presented by Marian Bulla, Altair Engineering, at the CARHS Automotive CAE Grand Challenge 2020.

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Nonlinear Material Models Structural Analysis RADIOSS Presentations Validation


Datapoint Newsletter: Fall 2021, Vol. 27.3

Improving Crash Simulations; Growth in Testing Services after Move

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Mechanical Plastics Metals Automotive LS-DYNA Newsletters


Datapoint Newsletter: Winter '22, Vol. 28.1

DatapointLabs Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation

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Thermal Mechanical Plastics Composites Quality


Non-Isochoric Plasticity Assessment for Accurate Crashworthiness CAE Analysis. Application to SAMP-1 and SAMP-Light.

A deep understanding of advanced material plasticity and fracture is one of the cornerstones of mechanical engineering to overcome present and future challenges in the automotive industry with respect to lightweight multi-material body solutions. The correct material law selection may imply a design lightweight efficiency improvement of between 10% and 20% depending on the material, component geometry, manufacturing technology and performance requirements. The accurate implementation of the plastic behaviour becomes mandatory when material fracture is a central design parameter. In this paper, the authors propose a clear process to experimentally measure and assess how far uniaxially tested materials are from pure isochoric plastic behaviour. This process will be named Non-isochoric Plasticity Assessment (NPA). In order to illustrate the process, NPA will be applied to actual experimental results of representative automotive metals and thermoplastics. Material plastic dilation behaviour is studied. A general description is provided regarding plasticity theory concepts required for the usage of non-isochoric plasticity material laws. An approach for the validation of the experimental input data consistency for both SAMP-1 and SAMP-Light material laws is also proposed. The overall approach is finally applied and validated on an extruded aluminium and a thermoplastic showing a proper level of correlation between CAE and experimental results for shell-based FE-models.

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Plastics Metals Automotive Structural Analysis LS-DYNA


Datapoint Newsletter: Fall 2022, Vol. 28.2

DatapointLabs Invests in New Testing Capabilities, Expands Market Reach

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Thermal Mechanical Aerospace and Defense Biomedical Electonics/Electrical Composites Newsletters


Datapoint Newsletter: Spring 2023, Vol. 29.1

DatapointLabs Founders Retire; Company Continues Focus on Materials in Simulation

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Thermal Mechanical Foams Newsletters Validation


Material Testing for SIGMASOFT

Material characterization considerations for SIGMASOFT simulations using thermoplastic and thermoset materials.

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Rheology Thermal Mechanical Plastics Rubbers Injection Molding SIGMASOFT