Reply To: 3D woven composite assessment

[Prathap Basavaraju]

Hi Erik,

Thanks for your response.

I am new to the composite stress assessment hence, may not be able to provide proper details. Basically, I have a 3D assembly model, where one part is composite and other are metallic, the composite part has variable thickness and pin holes. Is it possible to bring the 3D mesh from external tool into ACP and assign woven composite material properties?

As far as I understood, the solid model feature in ACP requires a reference shell geometry and a composite definition to construct a solid element model. But, in my case I think it's difficult to extract the shell geometry due to variable thickness and hole features (For example assume a casing boss feature with a hole).

Regards,

Prathap