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August 2014
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Agenda
Introduction
Use Case 1: Linear mechanical and
physical properties
Use Case 2: Advanced nonlinear
properties
Use Case 3: Cross-referencing
Training Summary
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Engineering Metals Properties Requirements
Need - Engineers need precise material properties
information
Todays Method - Some data CAN be found for some
materials in data sources such as standards, books,
articles and the Internet, some of them being even free
Issues with Todays Method
On average, it take an engineer several hours of research
Material properties are scattered, often unreliable, and sometimes
not available - unsure if theyve found the right information
Lost opportunities to optimize design
Difficulties in communication with purchasing and manufacturing,
especially internationally
Creating islands of material properties information within the
organization
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And the worst thing is
29.3% of all failures are caused
by poor design or lack of knowledge about
material properties and standard specifications!
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Example 1
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Yield stress
Aluminum: 240-310 MPa
Stainless steel: 275-350 MPa
Carbon steel: 205-275 MPa
www.engineersedge.com
Is it?
Aluminum (240-310 MPa ???)
Grade 1060, ASTM B 736, Plates, sheets; Annealed (O); 1,295 -
76,2 mm; YS = 17 MPa
AA 2014, Plates; Solution heat treated and artificially aged (T62);
12,7-25,4 mm; YS = 407 MPa
Stainless steel (275-350 Mpa ???)
S30403, ASTM A 814; Pipes; Heat treated; YS = 170 MPa
Type 630, ASTM A 693, Plates, sheets, strips; Precipitation
hardened (PH496); YS = 1070 MPa
Carbon steel (205-275 MPa ???)
A 1008 EDDS, ASTM A 1008; Sheets; Cold rolled; YS = 105 MPa
42 NCD 16-M , AFNOR NF A 32-058, Castings; Quenched and
tempered (Class 1); YS = 1500 MPa

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Total Materia Use Case 1
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Total Materia Use Case 1




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Challenge
Hours spent in looking for material data in multiple sources
Making sense of, deciphering and keeping track of standard specifications
Time intensive cross referencing and comparison exercises
Trusting the source of all this incoming data and having a consolidated
best practice approach to material data management
Need - Material data needed
for calculations in the elastic range
Finding mechanical and physical properties
Searching for international equivalents
Following the ever increasing pace of
changes to national and international
standards
The Solution: Total Metals and PolyPLUS
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more than 200.000 alloys
63 countries/standards
most comprehensive international
cross reference tables
composition, mechanical and physical
standard references
application guidelines
heat treatment diagrams
properties on elevated temperatures

Total Metals
New: Unified Quick Search for All Materials
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Tip: Advanced Search
European EN steel
Maximum carbon content 0.2%
Minimum yield stress 650 MPa
Minimum tensile stress 900 MPa
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Chemical Composition
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New: Mechanical
properties on various
temperatures
consolidated on one
screen
New: Temperature Dependency Diagrams
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Physical Properties
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Heat Treatment
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Other Properties
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New: Favorites (Launching in Q3)
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PolyPLUS
New module for polymer, composite and
ceramic materials
>40,000 materials already
Proprietary and standard materials
Mechanical, physical, thermal electrical
properties and much more
Advanced property data stress strain,
fatigue etc.
Monthly data updates
PolyPLUS: New Quick Search
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Available groups of
materials:
Cements
Ceramics
Composites
Fibers
Foams (June)
Honeycombs
(June)
Polymers
New: Temperature Dependency Diagrams
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Total Materia Use Case 2
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Total Materia Use Case 2
Need - Material data for advanced CAE
calculations
Finding stress strain curves for calculations in
the plastic range, fatigue properties, fracture
mechanics parameters, etc
Moving data from source to CAE solvers
Challenge - This data is very difficult to
find at all
In best case scenario, engineers spend several
hours searching for this data
Frequently, the data is not found at all
Even when found the data is available for very
limited number of materials and conditions,
without a possibility to at least estimate
properties of large majority of other alloys
Even more possibilities for dangerous errors
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The Solution: Extended Range & eXporter
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Extended Range
Advanced Property Module for CAE simulation and
advanced calculations
Stress-strain curves: >4800 (>50,000 curves)
Forming: >3500
Fatigue: >7800 (>60,000 datasets)
Fracture mechanics: >1000
Creep data: >7700






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Various
temperatures
Values in the
table
correspond to
the selected
temperature
Various
conditions
Tip: Interpolating for Various Temperatures
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User can insert a new
temperature within the
existing range (20 to
500 in this example):
after clicking the
Calculate button a new
curve and table are
generated
Every dataset
is related with
one or more
references
Tip: Searching Advanced Properties
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Strain life fatigue
curve as a
combination of
plastic and elastic
strain
The data is given
in a tabular form
that can be easily
copied & pasted
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eXporter
Bridging the gap between data source and
CAE software
eXport data in multiple formats:
XML file
Excel file
CAE solver formats: Abaqus, Altair
Radioss, ANSYS, Autodesk Inventor,
ESI, LS Dyna, MSC Nastran,







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Total Materia Use Case 3
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Material Equivalence and Cross-Referencing
The main factors for estimating equivalency include
Chemical composition
Manufacturing and finishing method
Product shape
Mechanical and physical properties
Other: Hardenability, Corrosion and Heat resistance, Weldability etc.
Cross-referencing is highly application specific
Material-by-material, not standard-by-standard
Initial point for further detailed research
Equivalent materials from around the world are usually grouped
on the basis of chemical composition and, to some extent,
mechanical properties
Cross-reference tables often come from recommendations of
standards development organizations (SDOs)
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Cross-Referencing in Total Materia
More than 15 million records
Proprietary classification
Identical
Official
Composition
Other sources
Implicit
New: CRT for polymers

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Cross-Reference Tables
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Tip: Using CRTs for Estimating Missing
Properties Using Similar Materials
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Quick Comparison
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Compare upto 4 Materials
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Original
material
Stress-strain
curves and
data for the
equivalent
material
Number of materials
with estimates:
Stress Strain >32,000
Formability >22,000
Fatigue >42,000
Fracture >6,000
Creep >19,000
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Summary
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Total Materia: Why?


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Huge time
savings in
sourcing
engineering
data
Improved
data accuracy
and reliability
Avoiding
mistakes in
critical design
activities
Most
comprehensive
resource
available
Common platform
for data providing
business wide best
practice
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Service for Partner Program users started in Jan 2012
The first Web service within the HWPA
One of the highest end-users interest within the APA 100+ new
users within the first two months, now more than 680
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