DIG120/DIG201/DIG202 - Digimat Standard Training
Length:
2 days + 1 optional day
Pre-requisites :
Basic theoretical knowledge of material constitutive model (elasticity, elasto-plasticity) is advised. Good knowledge of one FEA code is mandatory.
Topics:
- Technical information on the way the program operates, e.g. licensing, file organization,...
- Introduction to designing RVE (representative volume element) for various composite microstructures including composites with; multiple reinforcing phases, clustering, and decohesion zones, among others, using Digimat-FE
- Introduction to the Digimat Graphical User Interface including the plug-in embedded in CAE codes (Menta, Abaqus, Ansys, HyperMesh).
- Mean-field homogenization theory as well as the material models available in Digimat-MF.
- Material database management and automatic calibration of Digimat materials.
- Coupling of Digimat with FEA code in Digimat-CAE. Introduction to the different solution procedure (macro, hybrid, micro) and presentation of the failure criteria definition.
- Mapping of fiber orientation tensors, initial stresses/temperatures between two dissimilar meshes in Digimat-Map. Theoretical aspects of the mapping procedure are explained.
- Exporting the RVE into Abaqus or Ansys to run a finite element analysis on the material and post-processing of the results in Digimat-FE.
- Guided exercises to implement the different procedures presented during the course.