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[Nithinjo]

Hi , My aim is to find the effective thermal conductivity of a composite material. The composite material consists of the matrix material as Polyurethane(PU) and two kinds of inclusion particles namely Titanium dioxide(randomly distributed, spherical) and calcium metasilicate (randomly distributed, needle-like).I need to initially create the geometric model of the RVE with PU as the matrix and particle inclusions, both Titanium dioxide and calcium metasilicate randomly distributed. I do not find any option to create such geometry in ANSYS Material designer. before analyzing it, to find its effective thermal conductivity. lease help me with the modeling aspect.

Thanks in advance.

[Rob]

You need to create the geometry in SpaceClaim and then read that into Material Design Tool. 

[Nithinjo]

But how is it possible to create a matrix with randomly distributed particles(of two kinds) in spaceclaim?

 

[Rob]

You need to define their locations and either do it manually or use scripting. 

[Nithinjo]

Okay.Thank you. Can you guide me on learning scripting to generate an RVE. Any learning resources?

 

[Rob]

There is a brief section in the SpaceClaim documentation, but it's still being developed. If your supervisor has access to the Customer Portal we can probably give further details. 

[Nithinjo]

Sir, we at IIT Bombay have the licensed version of ANSYS with TECS (16.2).

 

[Rob]

Then your supervisor should have access to the Portal. I can't cover scripting/coding with any detail on here due to the rules staff have to adhere to. 

[phanicmsf]

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How to create RVE with Random Particle in Ansys Material Designer (The 7th one shown in the FIg)?

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[Ghadr Ahmadi]

 

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