esacomp-hyperworks composites post-processing interface for space applications

T H E C O M P O S I T E S D E S I G N S O F T W A R E B Y C O M P O N E E R I N G

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ESAComp-HyperWorks Composites Post-

processing Interface for Space Applications

Andre Mönicke

Componeering Inc.

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© Componeering Inc.

COMPOSITES DESIGN CYCLE

Composites design involves numerous steps not

covered by a single software package

• Efficiency by using the right tool in the right place

ESAComp composites design software

• Materials database

• Conceptual and preliminary design

• FE pre and post

• Verification and reporting

ESAComp-HyperWorks interface

• Development driven by customer needs

• Joint effort by Componeering and Altair

Engineering

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ESACOMP AND COMPONEERING INC.

ESAComp development was initiated by the

European Space Agency (ESA)

• Goal to establish industry standard laminate

analysis software to replace in-house tools

• ESAComp 1.0 was released in 1998

Developed by Componeering

• Helsinki, Finland based company

ESAComp users

• In 30+ countries

• Aerospace industry biggest user group

Available through Altair Partner Alliance




DESIGNED WITH THE HELP OF ESACOMP

ESA

A380 spoilers

(Patria Aerostructures)

Ariane 5 payload fairing

(RUAG Space)

XMM-Newton X-ray telescope

(Helsinki Uni. of Techn. / Patria)

Composite electronics housing

(Verhaert / HUT / Componeering /

INASMET)




APPLICATION: SOLAR ORBITER (SOLO)

Part of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025

Programme with the main study area

solar winds

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Courtesy of ESA Courtesy of RUAG



ESACOMP IN FE PRE-PROCESSING

ESAComp Data Bank

Laminate point analyses

• Stiffness, thermal and moisture

expansion

• Strength with numerous failure

criteria

• Load response and failure under

multi-axial load cases

• Notched laminates

ESAComp structural elements

• Panels

• Beams

• Cylindrical shell

• Joints




- Analysis of details after FEA (mechanical or bonded joint analysis, notched laminate analysis, probablistic effects, ...)

- Improvement of design (material reselection, lay-up redesign)

ESAComp - Visualization of ESAComp results as contours (reserve factors for laminates/plies)

- Visualization of ESAComp results as element annotations (crit. layers, failure modes)

- Through-the-thickness plots? (ESAComp plots in HyperView)

HyperView

- Post-processing of complete model or selected area/elements

- ESAComp failure analysis (advanced failure criteria, wrinkling, interlaminar shear, ...)

- Result viewing (numeric tables, through-the-thickness plots for selected element)

ESAComp to HyperView: CSV incl. added failure results for elements and plies

ESAComp

- Pre-processing of the model

- Application of the materials and lay-ups

- Solver call

HyperMesh to ESAComp: CSV incl. element forces and moments (+materials and lay-up for elements)

HyperMesh Desktop

- Preliminary design

- Material database, material selection

- Lay-up creation

ESAComp to HyperMesh: Material data and lay-up in solver specific format

ESAComp

In current version Next dev.

phase

Design iterations

In current version




MATERIAL AND LAMINATE DATA EXCHANGE




ADVANCED POST-PROCESSING





Utilises Matrix browser technology introduced in HyperWorks 12 for data

parsing




DETAILED ANALYSES IN ESACOMP

Through-the-thickness results

• Reserve factors, failure modes,

stresses, strains, loads

Improvement of lay-up design

• Considering lay-up and load in a

single element

• Re-orientation of plies

• Re-shuffling of plies

Considering structural details

• Bonded and mechanical joints

• Notched laminates

Verification and reporting

• Probabilistic analyses, ...




NEXT STEPS

ESAComp post-processing for HyperWorks

• Officially released in ESAComp 4.5

Enhancements beyond ESAComp 4.5

• Multiple load cases

• Support for additional solver profiles

• Setting up ESAComp analysis parameters from

HyperWorks GUI

• ESAComp post-processing as batch run launched

from HW (-> ease of use, optimization runs)

ESAComp with HyperStudy

• Laminate lay-up optimization

• Optimization of structural elements (e.g. stiffened

panels)

• Utilizing efficient lay-up parameterization approach

developed by Componeering




CONTACTS

Componeering Inc.

www.esacomp.com

Support

[email protected]

André Mönicke

[email protected]

THANK YOU!
