Next Generation Integrated

Composite
Material Design, Molding Simulation and
Engineering Analysis

Virtual Testing of
Composite Material
Linear & Nonlinear Material
Property Development
Structural / Thermal /Fluid/
Electromagnetic properties

Composite Composite
Molding Simulation FEA & Failure Analysis
Fiber Injection Molding Finite Element Analysis
SMC/BMC/GMT/ D-LFT of Composite Material
Compression / RTM Linear and Nonlinear
/Hybrid Structural, Fatigue
Analysis

LS-DYNA
 Integrated Simulation System for
Composite material analysis
LS-DYNA
Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) Multiscale Analysis Finite Element Analysis
Process Homogenization Process Linear and Nonlinear Structural

Measure / Acquire developed Structural : Elasticity, Strength, Plasticity,

material property Visco-Elasticiry, Creep etc.
Thermal : Thermal conductivity, specific heat
Fiber/Fabric basic data
FAW, TEX, Fiber Volume Fraction permeability

Micro data, Fiber angle,

permeability...
Microstructure
content for fiber
resin, void (Fiber+Resin+Void)
Draping / Preform
1. Build new fiber angle,
volume fraction, permeability Response Surface
2. build or Map 3D element Model for material
Structural Load
constants

Molding
1. Define fabric flow axis
2. Calculate Resin content, void
ratio, ply thickness per layer FE model, Fiber angle
Material constants Von-mises Stress

Application Case Study

Resin Transfer Molding Injection Molding

Injection Molding Multiscale Analysis Workflow

 Moldex3D Composite Molding
Unleashing Composite Molding Potential

Moldex3D provides various realistic 3D simulation

solutions for the composite molding process, such
as short fiber injection molding, long fiber injection
molding, SMC/BMC/GMT/D-LFT compression
molding, various RTM (Vacuum RTM, High Pressure
RTM, Wet RTM) & Hybrid molding, etc.

Fiber Orientation Prediction

■ Visualize fiber orientation, length, and concentration inside fiber-reinforced plastics.
■ Evaluate the filler effect to mechanical properties and final shrinkage
■ Optimize process conditions to enhance the part strength.
■ Support short, long, flat fiber and flake orientation simulation.

Resin Transfer Molding

■ Predict resin flow behavior through anisotropic porous media.
■ Decide appropriate fabric materials, and optimize process conditions.
■ Control resin infusion by pressure or flow rate.
■ Capture cure reaction trend during molding through viscosity and kinetics models.

SMC/BMC/GMT/D-LFT Compression Molding

■ Visualize dynamic melt flow advancement during compression molding process.
■ Evaluate chopped fiber orientation prediction, compression force response and anisotropic
warpage result for SMC/BMC/GMT/D-LFT compression molding.
■ Predict Potential molding defects, such as flashing.

Material Characterization
■ Evaluate the variation of temperature and curing kinetics for reactive material.
■ Evaluate viscoelastic properties, chemical shrinkage and thermal expansion effect for
different components.
■ Validate the characteristics of fiber permeability.

FEA Interface/Micromechanics Interface

■ Integrated with industrial leading structural so ware, including ABAQUS, ANSYS, LS-DYNA,
Marc, NASTRAN, and RADIOSS.
■ Export Fiber and Stress analysis results to calculate further structural performance.
■ Validate the structural performance of products and mold sustainability.

More details : www.moldex3d.com

Multiscale Material Modeling
and Characterisation
Virtual testing of composite materials and property evaluation
from concept to reality using Multiscale.Sim CAE Analysis

Typical Material Properties Developed What Multiscale.Sim can do

Multiscale.Sim can evaluate macroscopic anisotropic
Linear material constants for wide variety of composites. It can
evaluate non-linear material behaviour as well as linear
Elastic Analysis - Elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio, Shear elastic
ones. Typically, all the features are included in one
modulus, Linear expansion coefficient, Density.
license while many templates are being provided to
Heat Transfer Analysis - Thermal conductivity, Specific heat.
create the microstructure in a simplified manner.
Penetration Analysis - Permeability for Darcy's law.
Electric Current Analysis - Electrical resistivity. Multiscale.Sim is developed for the Ansys Workbench™
Electric Field Analysis - Specific permittivity. environment. It also allows you to directly import
Magnetic Field Analysis - Specific magnetic permeability. materials data from several other popular CAE so ware.

Non-Linear What is Multiscale Analysis?

Homogenization Analysis (numerical material test)
The multi-scale analysis literally combines the behavior or properties of both structural material with
- Elasto-plasticity, Creep, Hyper-elastic, Viscoelastic,
different scales. To put into a few words, there are various methods of approach and one of the
Piezo-electric, Damage.
techniques such as the homogenization method has been well established method. For example,
Homogenization Analysis (physical properties identified)
composite materials that are used for various products in recent years consist of multiple, different
- Elasto-plasticity, Creep, Hyper-elastic, Viscoelastic.
materials. Presuming that the characteristics of the composite material can be homogenized, one
Localization -
could predict the behavior of the overall product. As a result, ideal material design is possible.
- Geometric non-linear, Non-linear material (Elasto-plasticity,
Creep, Hyper-elastic, Viscoelastic).

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So ware Developed by
Multiscale.Sim: CYBERNET SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Moldex3D : CoreTech System Co., Ltd.
Ansys/LS-DYNA: ANSYS, Inc

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