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
• Curing Simulation
  • 1. Usage Reference
    • 1.1. ACCS Workflow
    • 1.2. Adding the Cure Simulation Equations
    • 1.3. Analysis Settings
    • 1.4. Support Remover
    • 1.5. Post-Processing Options
    • 1.6. Export Compensated Geometry
    • 1.7. Known Limitations
  • 2. Scripting
    • 2.1. Documentation
    • 2.2. Examples
    • 2.3. Running the solver
  • 3. Best Practices
    • 3.1. How to Define an Autoclave Cycle
    • 3.2. Solution Methods
    • 3.3. Meshing Considerations
    • 3.4. Material Considerations
    • 3.5. Tool-Part Interaction
    • 3.6. Typical Values and Measurements
  • 4. Workshops
  • 5. Validation Test Case
  • 6. Theory Documentation
    • 6.1. Differential Scanning Calorimetry
    • 6.2. Cure Kinetics Equations for thermosets
    • 6.3. Crystallisation Equations for thermoplastics
    • 6.4. Viscoelasticity
    • 6.5. References
  • 7. Supported Elements
    • 7.1. Thermal Analysis
    • 7.2. Structural Analysis
• RTM simulation
  • 1. Usage Reference
    • 1.1. ACCS RTM Solver Workflow
    • 1.2. ACCS RTM Solver Material Definitions
    • 1.3. ACCS RTM Solver Boundary Conditions
    • 1.4. ACCS RTM Solver Analysis Settings
    • 1.5. ACCS RTM Solver Post-Processing Options
    • 1.6. ACCS RTM Solver Importing Results
    • 1.7. Using command line to run ACCS RTM Solver
    • 1.8. Known Limitations
  • 2. Scripting
    • 2.1. Documentation
    • 2.2. Examples
  • 3. Best Practices
    • 3.1. Recommended Analysis Settings For ACCS RTM Solver
    • 3.2. Element Types and Recommended use cases
    • 3.3. Inlets
    • 3.4. Outlets
  • 4. Workshops
  • 5. Theory Documentation
    • 5.1. Solver
    • 5.2. Cure Kinetic Equations
    • 5.3. Viscosity
  • 6. Supported Elements
  • 7. Validation Test Case
    • 7.1. Element based test cases
    • 7.2. Flow Front Shape Test Cases
  • 8. Third Party Libraries
    • 8.1. MUMPS
    • 8.2. HDF5 Library
• 3. Trouble Shooting
  • 3.1. Error #0x0001
  • 3.2. Error #0x0002
  • 3.3. Error #0x0004
  • 3.4. Error #0x0005
  • 3.5. Licensing error for HPC
  • 3.6. Unloaded extension
  • 3.7. Hidden ribbon in Mechanical
• 4. Changelog
  • 4.1. v3.2
  • 4.2. v3.1
  • 4.3. v3.0
  • 4.4. v2.9
  • 4.5. v2.8hf2 (internal)
  • 4.6. v2.8hf1 (internal)
  • 4.7. v2.8
  • 4.8. v2.8/v2.7hf1
  • 4.9. v2.7
  • 4.10. v2.7/v2.6hf1
  • 4.11. v2.5hf1/v2.6
  • 4.12. v2.5
  • 4.13. v2.4
  • 4.14. v2.3
  • 4.15. v2.2
  • 4.16. v2.1
  • 4.17. v2.0
  • 4.18. v1.9
  • 4.19. v1.8
  • 4.20. v1.7
  • 4.21. v1.6
  • 4.22. v1.5
  • 4.23. v1.4
  • 4.24. v1.3
  • 4.25. v1.2
  • 4.26. v1.1
  • 4.27. v1.0

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