Description
Progressive damage modeling of composites under low velocity impact and high velocity impact is of interest to many applications including car crash, impact on pressure vessels, perforation and penetration of thin and thick section composites. MAT162 rate dependent progressive composite damage model in LS-DYNA is considered as the state of the art. This short course will include the theory and practice of MAT162 composite damage model with applications to low and intermediate impact velocities, understanding the LS-DYNA programming parameters related to impact-contact, damage evolution, perforation and penetration of thin- and thick-section composites with and without curvature. The following topics will be covered in this one-day short course with illustrative examples. A CD with content of the course will be provided.
Topics Covered in this Short Course:
Introduction to LS-DYNA
Writing a structured LS-DYNA keyword input deck from scratch for a unit single element (USE) under tension, compression, and shear
Introduction to Continuum Mechanics and Composite Mechanics
Concepts of large deformation finite strain theory
Deformation gradient
Cauchy-Green strain tensors
Piola-Kirchhoff and Cauchy stress
Stiffness matrix for orthotropic and anisotropic composite materials
Composite Material Models in LS-DYNA for Shell and Solid Elements
Theory and Practice in MAT162 Progressive Composite Damage Model
Unit Single Element analysis
Low Velocity Impact (LVI) and Compression after Impact (CAV) Applications
For Shell and Solid Elements
Perforation Mechanics of Thin-Composites with MAT162 and Solid Elements
Penetration Mechanics of Thick-Composites
Depth of Penetration Experiments
Ballistic Impact Experiments
Application of MAT162 in Engineering and Research Problems
Impact on Composite Cylinders and Spheres with and without Internal Pressure and/or Blast Pressure
Penetration and Perforation of Sandwich Composites
Normal and Oblique Impact
Multi-Hit Ballistics
Meso-Mechanical Modeling of Woven and 3D Composites
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