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[Neeraj K S]

Please consider the following situation.
I have created two materials namely X and Y. I want to create a new material from these two material in which the material X contributes 40% and the material Y contributes to the 60% for the new material created.
In other words, X(40%)+Y(60%) = Z.
Is this possible, please help me out if so.

 

Thank You.

[Aniket]

There are a couple of ways of doing this.

You can either use Material Combination:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v221/en/wb_sim/ds_material_combination.html

or you  can use the Material Designer for detailed material combinations based on microstructure:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v221/en/acp_md/acp_md.html

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[David Mercier]

Hi, if you have an access to Granta EduPack or Granta Selector, you can might use the Synthesizer tool to combine different materials. See this lecture unit about this topic: https://www.ansys.com/academic/educators/education-resources/lecture-unit-the-synthesizer-tool. Using rules of mixtures, it is possible to generate new hybrid materials and then to export their properties into Ansys workbench for example using Export function. Here a tutorial on Youtube:

About Material Designer, I advise you to watch this webinar: https://www.ansys.com/blog/how-to-simulate-microstructures-composites

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[Md Aasef Azhar Khan]

Is material combination feature available in Ansys R19.2 ?

 

[Aniket]

 

No, it should be available in latest version, starting from 2020R1

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[Omkar Karanjkar]

I am designing a sandwich composite and subjecting it to a thermal condition of 35 degree C. How do I get coeficient of thermal expansion in the results? or Do I need to calculate it using the change in volume?

 

[David Mercier]

Hi, coefficients of thermal expansion are computed when you run calculations into Material Designer. For sandwich composite, you have to make a user defined RVE.

[Omkar Karanjkar]

If I have to add a material as a shell element, i.e it shouldn't be considered as a solid but only shell within the sandwich in the middle part, how do I do it?

[Omkar Karanjkar]

 

 

How do i add a corrugated structure in the middle part as per shown in the below image? The top and bottom would be of same material and for the middle part I want to add the corrugated structure as shown in the below given image

 

 

[Shafahat]

Hi, did you got any answer for this, i am trying to do somethig simialar but cannot find anything.

[David Mercier]

A solution could be to script it using pyAnsys libraries, like this one: https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/0.64/

[Shafahat]

Did you get the way how to combine two different materials? 

[David Mercier]

You can use pyAnsys to script a parametric geometry or you use SpaceClaim/Discovery to design your RVE, then you use MaterialDesigner in Workbench to perform homogenization studies:

https://www.padtinc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/PADT-ANSYS-Lattice-Material_Homogenization-1.pdf

[Shafahat]

Thanks for the response.

I went through this document but I have some doubts. I want one body to be homogenously combined with two materials such as iron 60% and 40% aluminum.

i am not sure we can define material in this way.

thanks for the resposne 

[David Mercier]

maybe this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQDQ16Pdgw

[Shafahat]

Thanks for the response.

But I am looking for something different. Its a blend of two different material.

ITS