ANSYS Composite Cure Simulation USER GUIDE

Contents:

• 1. Getting Started
  • 1.1. Overview
    • 1.1.1. Introduction
    • 1.1.2. ACCS Workflows
    • 1.1.3. Supported Platforms and Functional Add-ons
    • 1.1.4. First Steps
  • 1.2. Graphical User Interface
  • 1.3. ACCS Workbench Implementation
    • 1.3.1. Basic Workflow
    • 1.3.2. Component Properties
    • 1.3.3. Supported Analysis Types
    • 1.3.4. Multiple Load Cases and Analyses
  • 1.4. ACCS RTM Solver Workbench Implementation
    • 1.4.1. Workbench Implementation
    • 1.4.2. Basic Workflow
    • 1.4.3. Ribbon Components
    • 1.4.4. Time-Dependent-Conditions
    • 1.4.5. Thermal Conditions
    • 1.4.6. Thermal Imports
• 2. Installation Guide
  • 2.1. Requirements
  • 2.2. Installation on Microsoft Windows OS
    • 2.2.1. Graphical Installation
    • 2.2.2. Silent installation
  • 2.3. Post-install configuration
  • 2.4. Uninstalling
    • 2.4.1. Graphical uninstallation
    • 2.4.2. Silent uninstallation
• 3. Usage Reference
  • 3.1. ACCS Workflow
  • 3.2. ACCS RTM Solver Workflow
    • 3.2.1. Typical Workflow With ACP
    • 3.2.2. Workflow With Only ACCS RTM Solver
    • 3.2.3. Workflow With External Model and ACP
  • 3.3. Material Definition
  • 3.4. ACCS RTM Solver Material Definitions
    • 3.4.1. Fabric Material Definition
    • 3.4.2. Resin Material Definition
  • 3.5. Adding the Cure Simulation Equations
  • 3.6. Analysis Settings
  • 3.7. Support Remover
  • 3.8. Post-Processing Options
    • 3.8.1. Material State
    • 3.8.2. Degree of Cure
    • 3.8.3. Glass Transition Temperature
    • 3.8.4. Heat of Reaction
  • 3.9. ACCS RTM Solver Post-Processing Options
    • 3.9.1. Fill
    • 3.9.2. Infusion Time
    • 3.9.3. Degree of Cure
    • 3.9.4. Boundary Conditions
    • 3.9.5. Entrapment
    • 3.9.6. Flow Rate
    • 3.9.7. Gate Open Time
    • 3.9.8. Pressure
    • 3.9.9. Temperature Boundary Conditions
    • 3.9.10. Velocity
    • 3.9.11. Viscosity
  • 3.10. ACCS RTM Solver Importing Results
  • 3.11. Using command line to run ACCS RTM Solver
  • 3.12. Export Compensated Geometry
  • 3.13. Known Limitations
• 4. Scripting
  • 4.1. Documentation
    • 4.1.1. Project class
    • 4.1.2. Mechanical class
    • 4.1.3. ACCSload class
    • 4.1.4. ACCSsuprem class
    • 4.1.5. ACCSsurexp class
    • 4.1.6. Interactive help
  • 4.2. Examples
    • 4.2.1. Full cure simulation
    • 4.2.2. Fast cure simulation via MRCC
    • 4.2.3. Fast cure simulation via T vs t
  • 4.3. Running the solver
• 5. Best Practices
  • 5.1. How to Define an Autoclave Cycle
    • 5.1.1. Number of Steps
    • 5.1.2. Time Step Size
  • 5.2. Solution Methods
    • 5.2.1. Transient Solution Method (Full Simulation)
    • 5.2.2. Fast Solution Method (Fast Simulation)
  • 5.3. Meshing Considerations
  • 5.4. Material Considerations
  • 5.5. Tool-Part Interaction
  • 5.6. Typical Values and Measurements
  • 5.7. Reccomended Analysis Settings For ACCS RTM Solver
    • 5.7.1. Result Step Increments
    • 5.7.2. Overfill
• 6. Workshops
• 7. Validation Test Case
  • 7.1. ACCS RTM Solver Test cases
• 8. Theory Documentation
  • 8.1. ACCS RTM Solver
  • 8.2. Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • 8.3. Cure Kinetics Equations for thermosets
    • 8.3.1. Nth Order
    • 8.3.2. Autocatalytic
    • 8.3.3. Kamal Sourour
    • 8.3.4. Avrami-Erofeev
    • 8.3.5. Karnakas-Partridge
    • 8.3.6. Proportional Diffusion Limitation
    • 8.3.7. Parallel Diffusion Limitation
    • 8.3.8. Released Heat
    • 8.3.9. Glass Transition Temperature
    • 8.3.10. Cure Shrinkage
    • 8.3.11. Material Model
  • 8.4. Crystallisation Equations for thermoplastics
    • 8.4.1. PEEK
    • 8.4.2. Released Heat
    • 8.4.3. Reference Temperature
    • 8.4.4. Cure Shrinkage
    • 8.4.5. Material Model
  • 8.5. Viscoelasticity
    • 8.5.1. Prony Series
    • 8.5.2. Temperature Time Shift
    • 8.5.3. Degree of Cure Time Shift
  • 8.6. References
• 9. Supported Elements
  • 9.1. Thermal Analysis
  • 9.2. Structural Analysis
  • 9.3. RTM Analysis
• 10. Trouble Shooting
  • 10.1. Error #0x0001
  • 10.2. Error #0x0002
  • 10.3. Error #0x0004
  • 10.4. Error #0x0005
  • 10.5. Licensing error for HPC
  • 10.6. Unloaded extension
  • 10.7. Hidden ribbon in Mechanical
• 11. Changelog
  • 11.1. v3.0
  • 11.2. v2.9
  • 11.3. v2.8hf2 (internal)
  • 11.4. v2.8hf1 (internal)
  • 11.5. v2.8
  • 11.6. v2.8/v2.7hf1
  • 11.7. v2.7
  • 11.8. v2.7/v2.6hf1
  • 11.9. v2.5hf1/v2.6
  • 11.10. v2.5
  • 11.11. v2.4
  • 11.12. v2.3
  • 11.13. v2.2
  • 11.14. v2.1
  • 11.15. v2.0
  • 11.16. v1.9
  • 11.17. v1.8
  • 11.18. v1.7
  • 11.19. v1.6
  • 11.20. v1.5
  • 11.21. v1.4
  • 11.22. v1.3
  • 11.23. v1.2
  • 11.24. v1.1
  • 11.25. v1.0

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