Advanced Materials Selection Using Ansys Granta EduPack

Designs today are becoming increasingly complex, meaning we have to consider more factors during design. Weight, cost, ecological impact, and other factors affect every decision from the thickness of support structures to the materials our designs are made of. When it comes to selecting materials, comparing these different factors can be challenging. How do we deal with this?

In this Ansys Innovation Course on Advanced Materials Selection, we will utilize the Ashby selection methodology to look at designs that have multiple objectives of equal importance during the ranking phase and explore how this added complexity can be tackled through various methods using Ansys Granta EduPack.

This course will cover:

How complexity in design can impact materials selection.
How to apply multiple performance indices during ranking.
An example case study of materials selection with multiple performance indices to select a door for a car door panel.

Please use this handout to follow along with the course content. References, such as the “Materials Selection in Mechanical Design” textbook, and relevant links can be found in the Relevant Links segment of the course.

If you have not familiar with the Ashby selection methodology, it is recommend to take the Basic Systematic Materials Selection before taking this course to avoid unnecessary confusion.

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