Framework for durability analysis of composite structures in the automotive industry
Paper in proceeding, 2019

High performance composite materials possess properties that make them great candidates for reducing the weight of cars. However, analysis of large structures or assemblies with complex geometries made from fibre reinforced composite materials is a difficult task. Modern state of the art set of failure initiation criteria are based on the full stress state while efficient standard shell models cannot provide this. This either requires high fidelity models or the risk that potentially critical failure modes may be neglected due to assumptions made in the numerical models.

In this paper, a framework for computationally efficient durability analysis of composite structures in automotive industry is presented.

Finite element

Continuous fibre composite

Analysis framework

Global - Local

Author

Henrik Molker

Volvo Cars

Renaud Gutkin

Volvo Cars

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Leif Asp

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Vol. 2019-August 1712-1723
9781925627220 (ISBN)

22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2019
Melbourne, Australia,

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Areas of Advance

Transport

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Composite Science and Engineering

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