Short Fiber Composites Guide

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1. Introduction to Short Fiber Composites

1.1. How Simulation Can Assist

1.2. Simulating Short Fiber Composites in Workbench

1.2.1. Methodology

2. Material Characterization in Material Designer

2.1. Constituents Material Data
2.2. Experimental Data
2.3. Calibration of the Constituents
2.4. Homogenization of Linear Elastic and Thermal Properties
2.5. Calibration of the Plasticity Model

3. Importing Injection Molding Simulation Results

4. Setting Up the Mechanical System

4.1. Import the Fiber Orientation Tensor

4.1.1. Import Element Orientations
4.1.2. Import Eigenvalues as Material Fields

4.2. Import Fiber Volume Fraction

4.3. Import Weld Lines

4.4. Import Initial Stress

4.5. Review Results

5. Workbench Workflows

5.1. Basic Workflow
5.2. Multiple Load Cases and Analyses
5.3. LS-DYNA Analyses
5.4. Combining Short and Continuous Fibers

6. References