September 22, 2022 | by DatapointLabs | views 279
Material characterization considerations for SIGMASOFT simulations using thermoplastic and thermoset materials.
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Rheology
Thermal
Mechanical
Plastics
Rubbers
Injection Molding
SIGMASOFT
January 31, 2022 | by Datapoint Newsletters | views 1194
DatapointLabs Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation
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Thermal
Mechanical
Plastics
Composites
Quality
October 05, 2021 | by Pablo Cruz | views 1076
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
September 22, 2021 | by Datapoint Newsletters | views 1371
Improving Crash Simulations; Growth in Testing Services after Move
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Mechanical
Plastics
Metals
Automotive
LS-DYNA
Newsletters
June 18, 2021 | by Datapoint Newsletters | views 1826
DatapointLabs Poised for Growth after Move
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Density
Rheology
Thermal
Mechanical
Newsletters
March 08, 2021 | by Datapoint Newsletters | views 2337
DatapointLabs Will Move, Summer '21; Get Your Testing in Now. Partner Showcase: Altair
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High Speed Testing
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Composites
RADIOSS
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October 13, 2020 | by Marian Bulla | views 1676
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