This option enables the transfer of moldex orientation data for short and long fiber reinforced composites to shell meshes for further structural analysis. Support is provided separately for shell and solid target meshes. If needed, the Envyo application can be extended to consider both meshes on the target side.

Several options are available to handle short fiber reinforced composite materials with the LS-DYNA application. The Envyo application supports *MAT_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC (*MAT_157) and output of *ELEMENT_SHELL_COMPOSITE cards for the use of other arbitrary orthotropic material models within the LS-DYNA application. Support for *MAT_4A_MICROMEC (*MAT_215) is also available.

For more information about the handling of short fiber reinforced materials with *MAT_157, see [11], [16], [15], [10]. For more details on *MAT_215, see [21].