Modeling a Composite Materials With Ansys

Jafar Hasanpoor
FINITE ELEMENT IN CONTINUUM MECHANICS
FINAL PROJECT
 Glass Properties Polymer Properties
E (GPA) Poisson DENSITY( H1(mm) H2(mm) Shear Poisson DENSITY( Ht(mm)
Ratio Kg/m^3) modulus( Ratio g/cm^2)
Mpa)
70 .22 2500 10 5 36.2 .491 .95 2.5

Glass and polymer are linear elastic.

H1 Glass
Ht Polymer
H2 Glass
 Modeling laminated glass as a Beam
When you want to model a composite material
if you sketch like this shape, ansys consider
whole shape as one body.

In order to solve this issue, I suggest to follow

these steps:

1.Draw whole shape

2.Define virtual plane in appropriate elevation

3.Extrude the shape

4.Use Slice and virtual plane for cutting the

shape.
Three dimensional model
Boundary Conditions
 Contacts
Contacts
Define two contacts :

1. Top Glass with polymer

2. Bottom Glass with polymer

 Mesh
I meshed separately for each body and each contacts .
Total Elements : 180000
Total Nodes : 870639
Results
Validating the Model
Wolfel Equations
 Finding Effective thickness from Ansys Output

Method Deflection effective Stress effective thickness

thickness (mm) (mm)

Ansys 18.97 18.92

Wolfel 16.61 17.05
 Effect of shear Modulus of Polymer
Shear Deflection- Effective Thickness
Modulus 22
(Mpa) 20

1.55 18
Hef (mm)

3.77 16
Ansys
14 Wolfel
11.8
12
36.2 10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
77 Shear Modulus (Mpa)

151
200
 Effect of shear Modulus of Polymer
Shear
Modulus Stress - Effective Thickness
22
(Mpa)
20
1.55 18
Hef (mm)

3.77 16
Ansys
11.8 14 Wolfel
12
36.2
10
77 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
Shear Modulus (Mpa)
151
200
 Meshing
Total Elements : 720000
Total Nodes : 3264039
Results
Finding Effective thickness from Ansys Output
At the center
Results

Method Deflection effective Stress effective thickness

thickness (mm) (mm)

Laminated Glass as beam 12.47 13.72

Laminated Glass as Plate 11.38 12.95