{"id":164766,"date":"2021-12-11T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-can-i-calculate-failure-index-by-using-ansys-composite-preppost\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T07:33:11","slug":"how-can-i-calculate-failure-index-by-using-ansys-composite-preppost","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-can-i-calculate-failure-index-by-using-ansys-composite-preppost\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I calculate Failure Index by using ANSYS Composite PrepPost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hello everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I am a student of Industrial Engineering Master&#039;s Degree. I am currently developing my Final Project and it would be very helpful if someone could please help me with one specific doubt.<\/p>\n<p>I need to use ANSYS Composite PrepPost tool to calculate the Failure Index of a Flat Plate. However, I was not able to find this parameter in the program.&nbsp;The most similar factor I have found is Inverse Reserve Factor within the Composite Failure Tool, but it is not what I need.<\/p>\n<p>The definition of the needed index is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Failure Index = Ply strain\/ Limit strain<\/p>\n<p>When the result is greater than 1, failure is predicted in the ply.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know if there is any way to calculate the Failure Index in ANSYS PrepPost, directly or&nbsp;indirectly?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance and Kind Regards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-164766","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["2479"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["242623","180472"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["164766"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["180472","230586","242623"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["247533"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["247533"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-01-26 09:00:34"]},"test":"patriciaramirouma-es"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/164766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/164766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}