Rigid Polymer Foam Modelling

- July 18, 2023 at 5:06 pm
  
  Orçun Özgün
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  I need to modelling PVC foam for sandwich structures. Is it enough to use generalize hooke laws.
  Should I check the Blatz-Ko, Neo-Hookean .etc ?
- July 18, 2023 at 6:24 pm
  
  Armin Abedini
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Orcun,
  For more accurate simulations, foam materials are considered to exhibit hyperelastic behavior (as opposed to linear elastic response).
  Please see if the two courses below are helpful for your application:
  Topics in Hyperelasticity - ANSYS Innovation Courses
  Hyperelasticity | Ansys Innovation Courses