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Finite Element (FE) forming simulation offers the possibility of a detailed analysis of thermoforming processes by means of constitutive modelling of intra- and inter-ply deformation mechanisms, which makes manufacturing defects predictable. Inter-ply slippage is a deformation mechanism, which influences the forming behaviour and which is usually assumed to be isotropic in FE forming simulation so far. Thus, the relative (fibre) orientation between the slipping plies is neglected for modelling of frictional behaviour. Characterization results, however, reveal a dependency of frictional behaviour on the relative orientation of the slipping plies. In this work, an anisotropic model for inter-ply slippage is presented, which is based on an FE forming simulation approach implemented within several user subroutines of the commercially available FE solver Abaqus. This approach accounts for the relative orientation between the slipping plies for modelling frictional behaviour. For this purpose, relative orientation of the slipping plies is consecutively evaluated, since it changes during forming due to inter-ply slipping and intra-ply shearing. The presented approach is parametrized based on characterization results with and without relative orientation for a thermoplastic UD-tape (PA6-CF) and applied to forming simulation of a generic geometry. Forming simulation results reveal an influence of the consideration of relative fibre orientation on the simulation results. This influence, however, is small for the considered geometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anisotropic material deformation is modeled with the application of the finite element method. Hill's yield criterion is used for simplified conditions of the upsetting process. The largest flow stress direction is determined to be parallel to all the three coordinate axes by turns. It is discovered that the base of the cylinder can take an oval shape when the flow stress directions of various values lie in the base plane. In this case, the smaller axis of the oval corresponds to the largest flow stress direction. When the flow stress directions of various values lie in the longitudinal section plane of the workpiece, its shape remains cylindrical. The deformation load is higher in this case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents an integrated approach for determination of effective properties of anisotropic porous thermoelastic materials with a nanoscale stochastic porosity structure. This approach includes the effective moduli method for composite mechanics, the simulation of representative volumes and the finite element method. In order to take into account nanoscale sizes of pores, the Gurtin-Murdoch model of surface stresses and the highly conducting interface model are used at the borders between material and pores. The general methodology for determination of effective properties of porous composites is demonstrated for a two-phase composite with special conditions for stresses and heat flux discontinuities at the phase interfaces. The mathematical statements of boundary value problems and the resulting formulas to determine the complete set of effective constants of the two-phase composites with arbitrary anisotropy and with surface properties are described; the generalized statements are formulated and the finite element approximations are given. It is shown that the homogenization procedures for porous composites with surface effects can be considered as special cases of the corresponding procedures for the two-phase composites with interphase stresses and heat fluxes if the moduli of nanoinclusions are negligibly small. These approaches have been implemented in the finite element package ANSYS for a model of porous material with cubic crystal system for various values of surface moduli, porosity and number of pores. It has been noted that the magnitude of the area of the interphase boundaries has influence on the effective moduli of the porous materials with nanosized structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analytical wave models are inadequate to describe complex metallic microstructure interactions especially for near field anisotropic property effects and through geometric features smaller than the wavelength. In contrast, finite element ultrasound simulations inherently capture microstructure influences due to their reliance on material definitions rather than wave descriptions. To better understand and quantify heterogeneous crystal orientation effects to ultrasonic wave propagation, a finite element modeling case study has been performed with anisotropic titanium grain structures. A parameterized model has been developed utilizing anisotropic spheres within a bulk material. The resulting wave parameters are analyzed as functions of both wavelength and sphere to bulk crystal mismatch angle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the processes of fracture of barriers using the fracture criterion, allowing for consideration of large anisotropy for ultimate values of total plastic strains in various symmetry axes of an anisotropic material in conditions of sign-variable strain. All calculations were performed using the finite-element method under conditions of dynamic loading in three-dimensional graphics with the use of original software. It was shown that when modeling processes of fracture in barriers made of anisotropic and isotropic materials the differences in size and localization of fracture zones increase with the increase in the initial speed of shock loading of barriers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]