Verification of hot-spot in complex composite structures using detailed FEA
Paper in proceeding, 2019

Analysis of large complex composite structures with state of the art failure initiation criteria is difficult and simplifications are therefore needed. This is often done using shell models as these are computationally efficient. However, by this approach, potential failure modes are disregarded as out-of-plane stresses cannot be accounted for.

In this paper, a methodology for verification of large models accounting for full 3D stress states is presented. This is done by identification of critical hot spots in global Finite Element (FE) models. The identified hot spots are further resolved and analysed with detailed FE models. To make this efficient, the different steps needed are combined into a chain of standardized processes.

Global – Local

Sub model

Carbon Fibre Composites

Finite Element

Author

Henrik Molker

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Volvo Cars

Renaud Gutkin

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Volvo Cars

Leif Asp

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials

18th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2018
Athens, Greece,

Efficient design methodology for composite vehicle structures through numerical simulations

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Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Vehicle Engineering

Composite Science and Engineering

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