2013 AnalySwift

SwiftComp Micromechanics
2013 Webinar Wenbin Yu, PhD CTO wenbinyu@analyswift.com (435) 797-8246 Allan Wood, MBA President & CEO allanwood@analyswift.com (801) 599-5879
2013 AnalySwift

AnalySwift, LLC Spinout of Utah State University ! Launched March, 2011 ! Technology from USU, Georgia Tech Technology ! Efficient, high-fidelity modeling ! Unique mathematical approach ! Unprecedented combination of efficiency and accuracy ! Complex composites or other heterogeneous materials/structures

2013 AnalySwift

SwiftComp Micromechanics Software (also known as VAMUCH) A general-purpose micromechanics code ! Computes the complete set of effective fully-coupled, multiphysical (mechanical/thermal/electric/ magnetic) properties within one analysis ! Recovers the complete multiphysical local fields without resolving the system of equations ! Has the versatility as FEA but with only a fraction of its associated computing time ! Provides a uniform treatment for all heterogeneous materials/structures ! Requires no highly crafted boundary conditions and applied loads

Technology Benefits
! Decreased time-to-market ! Extraordinary efficiency (orders of magnitude reduction in computing time) ! Dramatically reduced engineering time ! Increased productivity ! Far more efficient and less labor intensive than other approaches ! Minimized learning curve ! Ease of use compared to other approaches ! No need for multiple runs under different boundary/load conditions ! Quality Improvements ! Best possible accuracy (no need for postprocessing calculations, which introduce more approximations) ! Expanded R&D versatility and engineering potential ! Only SwiftComp can model certain very complex structures ! Can handle any microstructure with any number of constituents

Technology Benefits (cont.) Effective properties, including laminate properties, can be calculated for a wide variety of composites: ! Layered composites, binary composites, fiber/particle reinforced composites, woven composites, porous materials, foams, and composites made using other manufacturing techniques Applications beyond composites, with any materials or structures exhibiting complex heterogeneity: ! Metals ! Heat exchangers with multiple heterogeneous cells ! Natural composites ! Biological materials (bone and brain tissue) ! Construction materials ! Stone/minerals/ice ! Many more

Technology Benefits (cont.) Statements from users: ! The high efficiency of this software is unique which saved me great computational effort compared with other products. ! SwiftComp is far more efficient when analyzing a highly heterogeneous problem. ! The program provides a valuable product for analytical groups like ours. It allows for simplifications of analytical material models so that complex conditions can be evaluated more efficiently. I believe that the program can be applicable to a wide range of modeling disciplines (e.g. Aerospace, Automotive, Civil). Interfaces available ! HyperWorks (part of Altair Partner Alliance) ! ANSYS

Basic Idea of Micromechanics

Simplify originally complex heterogeneous materials/structures by first identifying a unit cell. Next, carry out a micromechanical analysis over the unit cell to get effective properties, then treat the original heterogeneous material as an imaginary homogeneous material with the effective properties. Thus, the original analysis of heterogeneous material is thus replaced with a simpler analysis with homogeneous materials.

Basic Idea of Micromechanics (cont.) Direct FEM Homogenized FEM

Number of elements: 311,296

Number of elements: 4864 +128

Same idea applied to analyze heterogeneous structures. While very expensive to simulate the system with direct FEA, instead carrying out a micromechanical analysis to obtain effective properties and then doing homogenized FEA results in significant efficiency savings.

Main Applications of SwiftComp Micromechanics (cont.)

Normally difficult to model, woven composites can be straightforward with SwiftComp if one has properly created a finite element mesh

Main Applications of SwiftComp Micromechanics (cont.) SwiftComp can also be applied to sandwich structures with corrugated cores in the panels (unit cell) or other structures with engineered heterogeneities, such as heat exchangers SwiftComp can be applied to any system that has modal scale features for dramatic time savings

Technical Example 1- Eshelby Problem Boron/Epoxy fiber reinforced composite +! Boron: +! Epoxy: +! Subject to pure tension
S22 contour plot of Eshelby solution: Ansys results S23 contour : Ansys results

Technical Example 1- Eshelby Problem (cont.) Stress distribution comparing with exact solution and other approaches, including VAMUCH (SwiftComp Micromechanics)

Technical Example 2-X-Shape PBXs (cont.) Explosive crystals

Binding material:

Technical Example 2-X-Shape PBXs (cont.)

Technical Example 2-X-Shape PBXs (cont.)

Not all models are the same, the results could be VERY different!

What is MOC/GMC/HFGMC

Technical Example 3-a Composite Block

Technical Example 4- Handling Arbitrary Microstructure

UC1

UC6

UC5

UC2 UC3 UC4

Technical Example 4- Handling Arbitrary Microstructure (cont.)

Despite very different unit cells, SwiftComp is unique in its ability to predict the same material properties. This is more accurate, as these as the original material remains the same, thus its properties should also remain the same.

Technical Example 5- Handling Wavy Microstructure

Rectangular Unit Cell

Wavy Unit Cell SwiftComp allows curved unit cells (i.e. curved reinforcements), enabling more regular mesh to avoid distortion you normally expect. Regardless of the unit cell used, will can calculate the same material properties and same local fields.

Technical Example 5- Handling Wavy Microstructure (cont.)

Technical Example 5- Handling Wavy Microstructure (cont.)

y=0

Same local field

Technical Example 6- Porous Structure

Direct FEM Homogenized FEM

5 mm

10 mm

10 mm Number of elements: 500

Number of elements: 16,000

Results of free vibration analysis of a hollow structure with a repeating hollow square unit cell using direct FEM and homogenized FEM, with tremendous computational time savings

Technical Example 6- Porous Structure (cont.) Unit Cell:

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m l y Ex= 6.8299999E+03 Ey= 3.6934494E+03 Ez= 3.6934494E+03 Gxy= 1.3679941E+03 Gxz= 1.3679941E+03 Gyz= 5.3556942E+03 nuxy= 3.0000000E-01 nuxz= 3.0000000E-01 nuyz= -2.4290625E-02

l=1mm; m= 0.948683298mm; VF=0.1 E=3.793E+005 niu=0.1

SwiftComp analyzes the unit cell to obtain effective properties

Technical Example 6- Porous Structure (cont.)

Modal analysis using Direct-FEM and Homo-FEM (Free-Free BC)

Mode

Direct-FEM Homo-FEM

Error

7
7th mode by Direct-FEM or Homo-FEM

26841 31184 32674 48614

27815 32223 32669 49775

3.63% 3.33% -0.02% 2.39%

8 9 10

High computing time savings, similar accuracy

Screens shots of SwiftComp within HyperWorks Framework

Screenshots of SwiftComp with ANSYS Interface