Introduction to Layered Composites Workflows for Ansys Workbench LS-DYNA
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Engineering layered composites involves complex definitions that include numerous layers, materials, thicknesses, and orientations. Ansys Composite PrepPost (ACP) provides all necessary functionalities for the analysis of layered composite structures. Through simulations of composites in LS-DYNA, you can analyze these parts with respect to crash and impact.
The workflow between ACP and LS-DYNA has been improved for various areas in recent releases: it now supports the transfer of assemblies of composites shell models as *ELEMENT_SHELL and solid models as *ELEMENT_TSHELLfrom ACP to LS-DYNA.
Besides exporting composites models to a native LS-DYNA environment, support for workflows towards Ansys WB LS-DYNA has been released from Ansys version 2022 R2, increasing the easiness of users to realize simulations of composites using LS-DYNA solvers within the familiar interface if Ansys Mechanical.
The study of a bird strike against a composites windblade assembly will be used in this presentation to highlight the new capabilities of ACP towards native Ansys workflows using LS-DYNA solvers.
