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FEM modelling of braided composites

Submitted by Abhinav Tripathi on

I am doing simulation of fiber reinforced composites, for that I have modelled a cubic REV. However , when I am constraining the opposite faces' node displacement sum to be 0 and coupling the nodes in each face in the direction perpendicular to the area, ANSYS is coming out . I have tried this on i7 processor with 8GB RAM system. I am confused if its a RAM problem or a model problem. If there are too many constraints if I apply coupling as well as constraint???

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I think the problem may be caused by over-constraint. You could have a try to use the constrain such as Equation. And if convert the ANSYS model to ABAQUS model, I will help you check out the problem. I'm an advanced application engineer of Abaqus China.

Sun, 11/18/2012 - 12:42 Permalink

I do not have abaqus, would it be possible for you to help me out if I provide the APDL code of the modelling. To find Exx I have contrained the nodes of Y=0 and Y=L plane as->

uy(y=0 plane)+uy(y=L plane)=0;

similarly with planes in z direction. After these constrained equations I have coupled the nodes of all six planes, such that all plane remains plane. That is displacements of nodes on a particular area along the normal to the plane is same for all nodes. Do all this coupling and constrained equations make it over constrained? 

Sun, 11/18/2012 - 17:35 Permalink

The effort of coupling and equation should be the reason leading to over
constrain.

If you can provide the APDL code, I will try to check the problems in ANSYS
or in ABAQUS.

My email address is youxuan_zhao [at] 126.com (youxuan_zhao[at]126[dot]com). We can discuss this
by email.

Mon, 11/19/2012 - 04:57 Permalink