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need to explain a little bit more about how ANSYS/FEA testing works as it pertains to a composite structure
I (noah) can fill in this section but we need to essentially explain the features of pre-ACP and post-ACP on ANSYS, how they reflect the IRL sandwich panels in a simulation setting, and how we plan on using it to prove to ASC that our panels actually pass regs
KETIV Technologies Video: Intro to Composite Analysis Using Ansys Mechanical[Devansh]
Vocabulary
Ply - a bunch of fibers put together with some kind of adhesive.
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Define layers - select worksheet option, and define each layer
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Demonstration: (19:50)
If you go to engineering data on the ANSYS workbench → composites material, there are a lot of predefined ones to use.
Click coordinate sys → insert new coordinate sys → from there, can go to properties of coord plane and set geometry relative to plane.
AFTER SETTING COORDINATE PLANE:
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Right click geometry → Insert layered section → select surface for lay sec geom → select coordinate system to use
Go to worksheet, from there can add different layers, different thickness, different angle.
From there can treat it as a normal ANSYS simulation (inserting various tests and defining certain wanted solutions)
Can also define which specific layer you want.
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Note: Remember the tsai-wu stuff from above? apparently you can code ANSYS to do it:
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Research Results and Findings
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